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Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum appeared in court on Monday on federal corruption charges after being accused of defrauding investors and lying to the FBI.
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.
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Defense attorney calls last-minute indictment “outrageous,” but tells judge they are ready for trial
The trial of Andrew Gillum and Sharon Lettman-Hicks appears on track to begin April 17, though uncertainty remains because of a possible new indictment.
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…