A federal jury on Thursday found Andrew Gillum, the former Democratic nominee for governor of Florida and former mayor of Tallahassee, not guilty of lying to the FBI while deadlocking on 18 other counts, prompting a judge to declare a mistrial on those counts. ie, lawyers. He said.
The sole ruling came after a trial in federal court in Tallahassee that focused on allegations of corruption.
Gillum, at one point considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Republican Ron DeSantis by fewer than 34,000 votes. He was indicted in 2022 on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and lying to federal investigators at various times between 2016 and 2019.
Prosecutors alleged that Gillum and his co-defendant, longtime mentor Sharon Littman-Hicks, took tens of thousands of dollars in what were supposed to be political donations and funneled them through Lettman-Hicks into their own bank accounts. Prosecutors also alleged that Gillum lied about his interactions with undercover FBI agents who posed as developers and paid for the outing Gillum went to New York.
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earlier this week, CBS Miami reported Jurors told US District Judge Allen Winsor that they have reached agreement on one count, but are unlikely to reach agreement on the rest.
The government will likely retry the case, according to Gillum’s lawyer. Gillum described the case as politically motivated. In a statement to the press after the trial, he thanked the jury and his legal team, and said that “the system is in dire need of reform.”
“We live to fight another day,” said Guillaume.
In early 2020, Jhelum Found by the police at the South Beach HotelAccompanied by a man suspected of drug overdose. The man finally settled down. In a statement, Gillum denied any allegations of drug use, and did not face charges for the incident.
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