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And you vote Democrat too.

Marc Elias is a glutton for punishment.

Fresh off a string of embarrassing defeats in court, the
Democrat superlawyer revealed Wednesday that he is representing
Andrew Gillum, the Democratic Florida gubernatorial nominee who
lost to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R.) in 2018. Gillum faces a 21-count
indictment for conspiracy, fraud, and making false statements,
supported by detailed financial records and testimony from
undercover agents.

Gillum withdrew from politics after police found him intoxicated
in a hotel room full of drugs.

Like other Democrats Elias represents, Gillum is accused of
shameless and long-running corruption. The disgraced ex-pol
allegedly siphoned political contributions into his personal
accounts, accepted unreported gifts, and worked with donors to
conceal top-dollar contributions. Gillum may have defrauded
liberal moneyman George Soros of up to $137,000. Nonprofit
organizations also number among Gillum�s supposed victims.

Elias is a strange choice for Gillum�s legal team. Unless being
friends with the Clintons counts, Elias has little apparent
experience with federal criminal defense. Authorities unsealed
the indictment on Wednesday, which is supported by reams of bank
records and informant testimony.

The indictment generally paints a picture of a political circle
built on looting and fraud. In a particularly jarring
accusation, prosecutors accused Gillum and a top aide, Sharon
Lettman-Hicks, of ransacking Gillum�s gubernatorial campaign for
cash after DeSantis won the 2018 race. Gillum and Lettman-Hicks
allegedly funneled $60,000 from the campaign to an entity they
controlled, "P&P," as "reimbursement" for a fake get-out-the-
vote effort. The pair are accused of splitting that money
between themselves.

It�s the same tactic the two allegedly deployed against an
unnamed donor, who appears to be George Soros. The donor gave
$250,000 to Gillum�s campaign, according to the indictment.
Soros contributed exactly that sum to Gillum in spring 2018.
Lettman-Hicks put $100,000 from that contribution toward Forward
Florida, a pro-Gillum super PAC. The remaining funds were
directed to P&P and allegedly disbursed to Gillum and Lettman-
Hicks.

That accusation is especially awkward for Elias, because Soros
is a longtime ally. The reclusive billionaire funded a multi-
state challenge to voter ID laws in 2016 which Elias oversaw as
general counsel for Hillary Clinton�s presidential campaign.
After former president Donald Trump beat Clinton, Elias joined
the board of a powerful, Soros-funded super PAC.

Apart from allegedly bilking his own campaign for cash, Gillum
is accused of pocketing a portion of $200,000 in contributions
he finagled out of two nonprofits. The nonprofits are not named
in the indictment. The donations were supposed to support the
Gillum-backed Campaign to Defend Local Solutions. Lettman-Hicks
is accused of ripping $50,000 from that contribution and paying
it out to Gillum as a salary from P&P.

The National Black Justice Coalition acted as fiscal sponsor for
the Campaign to Defend Local Solutions.

Other allegations detail alleged favor-trading and attempts to
hide massive campaign contributions. Gillum and his aides
allegedly talked with undercover federal agents for months about
a six-figure donation to Forward Florida, the pro-Gillum PAC.
The agents posed as developers interested in purchasing property
in the Tallahassee area. The group discussed how they might
conceal the source of the donations. And Gillum promised to look
favorably on their development proposals, the indictment alleges.

Those same undercover agents hosted Gillum in New York City in
2016, where they provided accommodations, a private boat tour of
the city harbor, and tickets to the Broadway musical Hamilton.
And on a separate occasion, one of the agents picked up a $4,000
dinner tab for the mayor and his supporters. None of those gifts
were disclosed on ethics forms or campaign reports.

The indictment further claims that Gillum lied about his
conversations with the undercover agents when questioned by
federal authorities.

After losing to DeSantis, Gillum joined CNN as a paid
contributor. He is the latest ex-CNN fixture to wind up in a
federal courtroom. Anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti, who
appeared on the little-watched network over 120 times according
to a Fox News tally, is serving a five-year prison sentence for
convictions in New York State court and is awaiting sentencing
on federal convictions for embezzlement, fraud, and obstructing
investigations.

Notwithstanding detailed evidence from financial records and
testimony from undercover agents, Elias is sure the government�s
indictment is all wrong.

"The government got it wrong today. The evidence in this case is
clear and will show that Mr. Gillum is innocent of all charges.
We look forward to putting this case to rest and giving Andrew
and his family peace of mind once and for all," Elias said in a
statement.

U.s. v. Gillum Indictment by Washington Free Beacon on Scribd

Published under: Andrew Gillum, Corruption, Florida, Hillary
Clinton, Marc Elias, Ron DeSantis

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/dem-superlawyer-marc-elias-adds-
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