Andrew Gillum legal team demands court hearing, citing Donald Trump rant on Ron DeSantis

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Gillum’s lawyers in court filing today: “Trump’s posts raise serious questions about how exactly Trump ‘fixed’ Desantis’s campaign, what Trump directed the FBI & US Attorneys Office to do, and whether there is any connection to the prosecution of Gillum.”

tallahassee.com
Andrew Gillum legal team demands court hearing, citing Donald Trump rant on Ron DeSantis
Lawyers for former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum cite recent Donald Trump screed in argument he was targeted by feds because of race.
2:52 PM · Nov 11, 2022

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fbi/2022/11/11/andrew-gillum-says-trump-rant-proves-he-targeted-feds-fbi/10671367002/

Former President Donald Trump's post-election screed labeling Florida's governor "Ron DeSanctimonious" didn't go unnoticed by Andrew Gillum or his Miami lawyers.

Trump, in a statement Thursday timed after the election and before his anticipated announcement of a third White House bid, credited himself for Gov. Ron DeSantis' victory in the 2018 governor's race, when he narrowly defeated Gillum.

In addition to saying he helped "fix" DeSantis' campaign after it had "completely fallen apart," Trump said he also got the feds to intervene "when votes were being stolen" in Broward County.

David Markus and Katherine Miller, who are representing Gillum on federal public corruption charges involving donations to his gubernatorial campaign, didn't fire back at insults Trump hurled at Tallahassee's former mayor.

Instead, they cited Trump's statement in a motion filed Friday in federal court saying it further supported their request for a hearing on whether the federal government selectively prosecuted Gillum because of his race. His lawyers asked for the hearing on Election Day motions that also sought dismissals on all counts.

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[emulatorloo]

1. Rec and bookmarking.

[nycbos]

2. This is my theory.

Trump might actually realize that he's in hot water and it's going down, and is saying if I go down I'm taking everyone else with me.

[msongs]

3. desantis win overturned and all his accomplishments ruled invalid? hmm one can dream nt

[Wingus Dingus]

4. How can Donnie's admission not be investigated in some way?

It might be made-up bullshit, or it might be a crime. Why should we take any of them at their word?

[RobinA]

6. A Huge Barrel

of Grade A bullshit, like everything else out of that man's mouth. But, yep, former President admits to committing a crime while in office you have to investigate.

[republianmushroom]

5. I like it

[babylonsister]

7. I totally believe Gillum was robbed.

I live(d) here and I voted for him.

[SoBlueInFL]

9. ITA.

[fromVT]

8. DeSantis kept Justice Dept polling monitors outside

Nov 8:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/justice-department-monitors-florida-desantis/

The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has refused to allow Justice Department election monitors to go inside polling locations in South Florida, saying in a letter that the federal government’s involvement would be “counterproductive” and “potentially undermine confidence in the election.”




Would love to know how this is connected.

[SoBlueInFL]

10. That was a major red flag to me. I realize that the r/o

Hispanic population of south FL is a lot more varied now and that the Colombian and Venezuelan populations are very Republican like the older Cubans but suddenly going *that* red was shocking.