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Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2017

An initial distribution of money is now beginning for more than 24,000 victims of Bernie Madoff‘, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Madoff had operated the most massive Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. While this new development makes Congressman Vern Buchanan happy, the Longboat Key Republican still believes payments were unnecessarily delayed. Buchanan has often criticized the […]

Drew WilsonAugust 23, 2017

Lobbyist Adam Corey jettisoned his state-level clients this week, possibly due to an ongoing FBI corruption investigation in Tallahassee. Corey had been representing American Clinical Solutions, Coalition of Affordable Housing Providers, PNC Financial Services Group, Broward College Foundation and San Felasco Nurseries, but state records show he withdrew as a lobbyist for each client Monday. […]

Scott PowersAugust 21, 2017

Arrested Democratic congressional staffer Imran Awan or his relatives — all reportedly under federal criminal investigation — also worked for five other Democratic Florida members of Congress besides U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is on the hot seat. U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Darren Soto of Orlando, Frederica Wilson of Miami Gardens, […]

Associated PressJuly 26, 2017

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Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has fired an information technology staffer following his arrest on a bank fraud charge at a Virginia airport where he was attempting to fly to Pakistan. Wasserman Schultz spokesman David Damron says Imran Awan was fired by the Florida lawmaker on Tuesday. Awan’s attorney, Chris Gowen, confirmed that his client […]

Jim RosicaJuly 12, 2017

Update: The cancelled CRA meeting mentioned below, originally set for this Thursday, was rescheduled for next Wednesday (July 19) at 9:30 a.m. in City Hall’s commission chambers. The meeting agenda is here. A spokeswoman Wednesday said the city of Tallahassee and its Community Redevelopment Agency has turned over thousands of pages’ worth of material regarding the FBI’s investigation of the […]

Staff ReportsJuly 3, 2017

We’ve beat up on them before, but we have nothing but praise for the tenacious and relentless reporting of the Tallahassee Democrat as it digs into the percolating scandal surrounding the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). To recap, the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office in north Florida has issued subpoenas seeking information on redevelopment projects that involve the […]

Staff ReportsJune 26, 2017

The chair of the capital area’s Republican Party is firing back after Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum ignited a partisan firestorm this weekend over recent subpoenas into city-backed redevelopment deals. Gillum told the Tampa Bay Times’ Windy March on Saturday, “ ‘I just know that based on the way they have come after me ever […]

Jim RosicaJune 23, 2017

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum said in a Friday statement he is “not the focus” of the FBI’s investigation of the city Community Redevelopment Agency‘s business deals. “Last week the FBI approached me about several people and businesses here in Tallahassee,” said Gillum, also a Democratic candidate for governor in 2018. “I spoke with them, and told […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2017

Though it’s the summer of 2017, things are heating up already in the 2019 race for Jacksonville City Council District 8. And reaction to a town hall event held by incumbent Councilwoman Katrina Brown won’t cool the temperature. Diallo Sekou, who filed this week to take on the embattled first-term Democrat, posted to Facebook last night his […]

Associated PressMay 12, 2017

President Donald Trump, in an apparent warning to his fired FBI director, said Friday that James Comey had better hope there are no “tapes” of their conversations. Trump’s tweet came the morning after he asserted Comey had told him three times that he wasn’t under FBI investigation. “I said, ‘If it’s possible, would you let […]

Tag: FBI

Vern Buchanan is (sort of) happy Bernie Madoff victims are finally getting paid

Adam Corey drops lobbying clients

Congressional aide probe includes workers in six Florida Democrats’ offices

Debbie Wasserman Schultz fires IT staffer following fraud arrest

Tallahassee hands over 90,000 pages to feds over CRA deals

Let us now praise a famous (and good) newspaper

Leon County GOP head calls Andrew Gillum ’embarrassing’

Andrew Gillum says he’s not ‘focus’ of FBI investigation

Jax Councilor Katrina Brown town hall: a ‘dog and pony show’?

Donald Trump to James Comey: Better hope there are no ‘tapes’ of talks