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Andrew Gillum, who reached historical heights as the first Black Democratic nominee for Florida governor, was accused of illegally tapping into campaign funds for personal use and lying to the FBI.

The public corruption trial of Andrew Gillum and Sharon Lettman-Hicks entered its second week and sixth day as a Gillum donor and former aide take the stand.

The agent known as Mike Miller testified this morning that he asked lobbyist Adam Corey to procure “party favors and co-eds” for another FBI agent.

“This case is about what happens when you put a target on someone’s back,” his attorney said. “And then they twist and they force the evidence in the direction of the targets.”

Andrew Gillum, who once stood at the precipice of statewide power and national political prominence, will appear in a Tallahassee courtroom as his public corruption trial begins.

A federal grand jury in Tallahassee handed up a new, superseding indictment in the Andrew Gillum public corruption, dropping a couple of wire fraud counts against him and his co-defendant in the proc…

Forward Florida, the political committee that helped fund Andrew Gillums 2018 bid for governor and cover legal expenses from an FBI probe, is no more.

Sharon Lettman-Hicks, longtime friend and adviser to former Mayor Andrew Gillum, wants separate trials in the public corruption case against them.

The mailers were sent by a group calling itself “Save Our City,” which is not registered with the Florida Department of States Division of Elections.

The former Tallahassee mayor and his associate Sharon Lettman-Hicks face federal corruption charges; the trial could last as long as two weeks.