Andrew Gillum, Who Nearly Defeated Ron DeSantis In 2018 Gubernatorial Race, Faces Years In Prison For Alleged Corruption
Gillum's fate is now in the hands of a jury as closing arguments concluded Friday in corruption trial.
By Malaika Jabali · Updated April 29, 2023
After a nearly two-week trial, jurors in Florida began deliberating Friday in a corruption case against former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.
Federal prosecutors accuse Gillum of funneling “tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money to personal accounts,” as the AP reports.
Prosecutors say “Gillum was struggling financially after quitting his $120,000-a-year job with the People for the American Way group to run for governor.”
According to prosecutors, both Gillum and his associate Sharon Lettman-Hicks “conspired to commit wire fraud, by unlawfully soliciting and obtaining funds from various entities and individuals through false and fraudulent promises and representations that the funds would be used for a legitimate purpose.”
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