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Drew WilsonApril 2, 2018

Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox’s 2020 state Senate campaign showed its first signs of life in months: It helped him pay for lawyers. Maddox is one of the central figures in an FBI investigation into City Hall that’s been going on since 2015, and recent movement points toward the bureau laying out the case for […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 27, 2017

On Fox and Friends Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis again cast doubt on an oppo-dossier against President Donald Trump, calling it “BS” and “fake news.” DeSantis was asked to respond to a report in the Washington Times, which asserted that the FBI cannot verify the dossier’s claims. “Think about where this dossier came from. It was not something that was […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 26, 2017

Republican Florida Congressman Francis Rooney livened up a slow news day Tuesday, with a provocative call for a purge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department on MSNBC. WATCH: GOP Rep. Francis Rooney calls for ‘purge’ of FBI, accuses some in the agency of being a part of the ‘deep state’ pic.twitter.com/kkJTBPFeui — […]

Associated PressNovember 12, 2015

Republican presidential contender Ben Carson has maintained a business relationship with a close friend convicted of defrauding insurance companies and testified on his behalf, even as the candidate has called for such crimes to be punished harshly. Pittsburgh dentist Alfonso A. Costa pleaded guilty to a felony count of health care fraud after an FBI […]

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Scott Maddox spends campaign cash on lawyers

Ron DeSantis calls Donald Trump Russia dossier ‘BS … fake news’

Francis Rooney calls for FBI, DOJ purge

Ben Carson profits from ties with convicted felon