Does Andrew Gillum have a lobbyist-fueled slush fund? The voters of Florida deserve answers!

Today it seems that many Democrats want the FBI to investigate things that happened decades ago. However, there is one investigation that Congressional Democrats aren’t interested in. The FBI investigation surrounds the City of Tallahassee and it’s Mayor Andrew Gillum. Gillum is a Socialist running for governor of the sunshine state against Congressman Ron DeSantis. Gillum is endorsed by Bernie Sanders who is also under a federal grand jury investigation involving a loan to his wife Jane.

In a September 21, 2018 Florida Politics article titled “New GOP website blasts Andrew Gillum for ‘lobbyist slush fund’” Phil Ammann reported:

Referring to a dubious bank deposit from 2016, Republicans are blasting Democrat Andrew Gillum with a new website calling out his “lobbyist-fueled slush fund.”

On Friday, the Republican Party of Florida launched ReleaseTheReceipts.com, a website that calls on the gubernatorial candidate — and front-runner in several polls — to “tell the truth about his luxury Costa Rica vacation in 2016,” as well as a “suspicious” $15,000 deposit.

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Earlier this month, Gillum’s campaign unintentionally released personal bank statements — part of what POLITICO called a “public relations transparency effort” — which shows Gillum receiving a $15,000 deposit during a period under investigation by the Florida Commission on Ethics.

The bank statement in question covers April 21 to May 23, 2016, during which Gillum took a questionable May 2016 trip to Costa Rica. While Gillum is not personally under investigation, the trip is being watched in an FBI probe looking into corruption at Tallahassee’s Community Rehabilitation Agency.

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Skyler Swisher a contact reporter for the South Florida Sun Sentinel in an article titled “What do we know about the FBI cloud over Andrew Gillum’s campaign?” wrote:

What about the receipts?

Gillum’s campaign has released receipts in response to questions about the trips, but not all of the expenses are documented.

For the Costa Rica trip, Gillum released a document showing he made a $400 ATM withdrawal to cover his share of the accommodations, along with credit card expenses for entertainment during the trip. The campaign says about a dozen people stayed at the $1,400-a-night villa. If that was the case, Gillum and his wife’s pro-rated share would have been about $933. The campaign also released airline ticket information, but it didn’t show specifically who paid for the tickets.

For the three-night New York trip, Gillum’s campaign released an unsigned invoice for a two-night stay at the Ameritania Hotel in Manhattan. On the third night, the campaign says Gillum stayed with his brother at the Millennium Hotel, but the campaign did not offer any documentation of who paid for that room.

The campaign also did not release receipts for any entertainment or meals for the New York trip, including the boat tour.

Christopher Kise, Corey’s attorney, disputed in an interview with The Associated Press the account given by Gillum.

Kise told the AP that Corey won the Costa Rica accommodations through a charity auction, and he has not received any payment from Gillum. Kise said Corey also did not purchase the “Hamilton” ticket or swap it for a Jay-Z ticket.

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Jeffrey Schweers writing for the Tallahassee Democrat on June 1, 2018 wrote:

Ethics watchdogs said the trip smacks of the appearance of impropriety, and that the public will never know whether city business was discussed. Gillum’s friends and staff said the trip was personal in nature.

“No city business was discussed and the mayor paid for all of he and Mrs. Gillum’s expenses, including food and drink, and his portion of the villa,” said Jamie Van Pelt, the mayor’s chief of staff.

But during that Costa Rican vacation,Corey sent a calendar invite to Gillum scheduling a May 16 meetup at the Edison between himself, Gillum and the now infamous undercover FBI agent Mike Miller, according to emails obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat. [Emphasis added]

It appears Socialist Andrew Gillum is living the high life, perhaps using other peoples’ money? Sound familiar?

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EDITORS NOTE: The featured image is by Emily Morter on Unsplash.

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