A former candidate for Florida governor, Andrew Gillum, faces 17 counts of fraud and lying to the FBI during his 2018 campaign against now-Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Gillum, who was Tallahassee’s mayor before he ran for governor and was considered a rising star within the Democrat Party, is now on trial in a federal court in Tallahassee. Prosecutors argued that during his run for governor, he committed fraud by using campaign funds to make various purchases.
“This case is not about politics,” assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Milligan said, according to reports from the trial. “This case is about deceiving donors [and] stealing from his own campaign.”…