Florida's Democratic candidate for governor got 'Hamilton' ticket from undercover FBI agents
by Diana Stancy Correll
| October 23, 2018 04:18 PM
Tallahassee mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum received a ticket to the Broadway show "Hamilton" in 2016 from undercover FBI agents examining city corruption, according to a new report, even though Gillum's campaign said he got the ticket from a family member.
According to a stash of text messages between Gillum and former lobbyist Adam Corey that were released by Corey’s lawyer Chris Kise on Tuesday, Corey informed Gillum the ticket was from “Mike Miller.†Miller was an alias used by an FBI agent pretending to be a developer examining city corruption, but was really investigating corruption in Tallahassee for the FBI, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
"Mike Miller and the crew have tickets for us for Hamilton tonight at 8 p.m.," Corey, who has known Gillum since college, said in a text message to Gillum on Aug. 10, 2016.
"Awesome news about Hamilton," Gillum said.
The reports appears to be at odds with what Gillum’s campaign has said about how Gillum obtained the tickets. In a statement last month, Gillum’s campaign claimed that he had received his ticket from his brother Marcus.
"After the trip, Mayor Gillum learned Marcus Gillum had obtained that ticket in a swap with Adam Corey for a concert ticket," the campaign said.
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