Lawyers for 2018 gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum cited Trump's statement in a motion filed Friday in federal court saying it further supports their request for a hearing on whether the federal government selectively prosecuted Gillum due to his race.
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.
"Former President Trump's posts raise serious questions about how exactly Trump 'fixed' DeSantis' campaign and what Trump directed the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office to do, and whether there is any connection to the FBI's investigation and later prosecution of Gillum," Gillum's lawyers wrote.
Broward County elections officials fired off a statement on Friday calling Trump's claims flatly untrue. "The Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office has no documentation of any federal law enforcement presence during the 2018 elections," said Ivan Castro, spokesman for the Broward County Supervisor of Elections. "Also, to clarify, there is no evidence of corruption during the 2018 election cycle in Broward County."
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