Andrew Gillum

Andrew Gillum, a once-rising Democratic star who nearly won a 2018 race for Florida governor, was indicted on Wednesday along with a close political ally on ...

"I have spent the last 20 years of my life in public service and continue to fight for the people," Gillum said in the statement. Gillum and Lettman-Hicks face 21 charges, according to the news release. The money was diverted to a company owned by Lettman-Hicks and then funneled to Gillum for personal use, the US attorney's office said.

Gillum, de 42 años, y la coacusada Janet Lettman-Hicks, de 53, enfrentan 19 cargos de fraude electrónico.

Dos días después ingresó a un centro de rehabilitación, y luego hizo una entrevista televisiva y dijo que es bisexual. TALLAHASSEE, Florida. - Andrew Gillum, el candidato demócrata a la gobernación de Florida en 2018, enfrenta 21 cargos federales relacionados con un esquema para buscar donaciones y canalizar una parte de ellas a través de terceros, anunció el Fiscal de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Norte de Florida el miércoles. Según la oficina de la fiscalía la pareja "conspiró para cometer fraude electrónico, al solicitar y obtener fondos ilegalmente de varias entidades e individuos a través de promesas y representaciones falsas y fraudulentas de que los fondos se utilizarían para un propósito legítimo".

La acusación formal de 21 cargos acusa a Gillum de conspiración, fraude electrónico y declaraciones falsas.

“Todas las campañas que he realizado se han hecho con integridad. La acusación formal de 21 cargos, que se reveló el después de su arresto, acusa a Gillum y la asistente Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks de conspiración, fraude electrónico y declaraciones falsas, según un comunicado de prensa del Departamento de Justicia. La acusación formal de 21 cargos acusa a Gillum de conspiración, fraude electrónico y declaraciones falsas

The federal indictment alleges that the former Tallahassee mayor conspired to commit wire fraud, by soliciting and obtaining funds using false and ...

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Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been formally indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire ...

"I have spent the last 20 years of my life in public service and continue to fight for the people. Throughout my career I have always stood up for the people of Florida and have spoken truth to power. There's been a target on my back ever since I was the mayor of Tallahassee. They found nothing then, and I have full confidence that my legal team will prove my innocence now." Gillum is also charged with making false statements to FBI agents. Gillum and Lettman-Hicks are charged with 19 counts of wire fraud. Gillum, 42, who ran for governor as a Democrat and lost to Ron DeSantis in 2018, denied the allegations and said there is a "target on my back."

The former Tallahassee mayor and Democratic nominee for governor is facing apparent federal charges over his campaign.

In 2019, both Gillum and Lettman-Hicks appeared to be under the cloud of an FBI investigation involving his campaign for governor. News of the FBI investigation and its intersections with Gillum plagued him during his 2018 campaign for governor, which he lost to DeSantis by about the 32,000 votes. Plastic baggies of suspected meth were found in the room, though Gillum denied ever using the drug. Gillum went on to say, "Throughout my career I have always stood up for the people of Florida and have spoken truth to power. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida said in their announcement that Gillum and Lettman-Hicks conspired to commit wire fraud between 2016 and 2019. The agent offered to give $100,000 "if a certain project was viable." We look forward to putting this case to rest and giving Andrew and his family peace of mind once and for all." Gillum also was charged with making false statements for allegedly lying to the FBI during an interview in June 2017, not long after he announced his bid for Florida governor. The undercover agent paid $4,386 for the dinner. The FBI began investigating a who's-who of Tallahassee politicians, Gillum included, in 2015. At their first appearance that afternoon at the U.S. Courthouse in Tallahassee, Gillum and Lettman-Hicks pleaded not guilty to federal public corruption charges. He became a rising Democratic star and was briefly mentioned as a vice presidential prospect by Hillary Clinton's campaign.

Andrew Gillum, un ex candidato demócrata para gobernador de Florida, se entregó a las autoridades por presunto fraude relacionado con su campaña, según se ...

La evidencia, en este caso, es clara y demostrará que el Sr. Gillum es inocente de todos los cargos. Gillum también dijo en un comunicado publicado: “He pasado los últimos 20 años de mi vida en el servicio público y continúo luchando por la gente. La acusación de 26 páginas apunta a que el FBI está llevando a cabo una investigación de corrupción pública que comenzó en abril de 2015. No encontraron nada entonces, y tengo plena confianza en que mi equipo legal demostrará mi inocencia ahora”. Marc Elias, socio de Elias Law Group y David Oscar Markus, de Markus/Moss, abogados que representan a Gillum, emitieron una declaración preparada: “El gobierno se equivocó hoy. La acusación enumera 21 cargos.

Andrew Gillum, el candidato demócrata a gobernador de Florida en 2018, enfrenta 21 cargos federales relacionados con un plan para buscar donaciones y ...

Andrew Gillum, the once-rising Florida Democratic star who narrowly lost the 2018 governor's race to Ron DeSantis, was hit with a 21-count federal ...

We look forward to putting this case to rest and giving Andrew and his family peace of mind once and for all,” the lawyers said. According to the indictment, the FBI began to sniff out the alleged scheme of Gillum and Lettman-Hicks in 2016 when he was mayor and undercover agents investigating corruption in the city were steered to him. At one point, one of the undercover FBI agents offered to contribute money to Gillum surreptitiously on the condition that Southern Pines receive favorable consideration in City Hall, the indictment said. Earlier this month, Lettman-Hicks filed to run for a state House seat after the incumbent, Rep. Ramon Alexander, resigned amid a sexting scandal. “In my experience, this is the kind of inquiry campaigns often receive once an election is over,” Elias told The Tallahassee Democrat at the time. According to the indictment, he and Lettman-Hicks then arranged for more money to flow through her communications business, P&P Communications, which paid him as an employee or as a contractor. The evidence in this case is clear and will show that Mr. Gillum is innocent of all charges. “I have spent the last 20 years of my life in public service and continue to fight for the people,” Gillum said. Throughout my career I have always stood up for the people of Florida and have spoken truth to power. Two sources with whom Gillum spoke Tuesday told NBC News that he began phoning friends frantically about the criminal case when he was informed that his indictment was imminent. Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor, was charged along with his mentor, Sharon Lettman-Hicks, for fraudulently fundraising from "various entities" between 2016 to 2019, according to a Department of Justice press release. In a written statement, Gillum and his lawyers proclaimed his innocence.

The former Tallahassee mayor and Democratic nominee for governor is facing apparent federal charges over his campaign.

In 2019, both Gillum and Lettman-Hicks appeared to be under the cloud of an FBI investigation involving his campaign for governor. News of the FBI investigation and its intersections with Gillum plagued him during his 2018 campaign for governor, which he lost to DeSantis by about the 32,000 votes. Plastic baggies of suspected meth were found in the room, though Gillum denied ever using the drug. Gillum went on to say, "Throughout my career I have always stood up for the people of Florida and have spoken truth to power. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida said in their announcement that Gillum and Lettman-Hicks conspired to commit wire fraud between 2016 and 2019. The agent offered to give $100,000 "if a certain project was viable." We look forward to putting this case to rest and giving Andrew and his family peace of mind once and for all." Gillum also was charged with making false statements for allegedly lying to the FBI during an interview in June 2017, not long after he announced his bid for Florida governor. The undercover agent paid $4,386 for the dinner. The FBI began investigating a who's-who of Tallahassee politicians, Gillum included, in 2015. At their first appearance that afternoon at the U.S. Courthouse in Tallahassee, Gillum and Lettman-Hicks pleaded not guilty to federal public corruption charges. He became a rising Democratic star and was briefly mentioned as a vice presidential prospect by Hillary Clinton's campaign.

The former mayor of Tallahassee faces 19 counts of wire fraud along with Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, chief executive of the National Black Justice Coalition, a ...

“And that is something that I have never shared publicly before.” Later that year, he became one of the most high profile Black men in politics to come out as bisexual. (Drugs were found at the scene, though Gillum denies he used illegal substances and was not arrested.) That incident prompted Gillum to seek treatment and generated speculation that the married father of three was gay. “The government got it wrong today,” they said in a statement. Lettman-Hicks then used a company she owned to disguise some of the fraudulently acquired funds as payroll payments to Gillum, before he used them for personal purposes, prosecutors said. “Throughout my career I have always stood up for the people of Florida and have spoken truth to power,” Gillum added.