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Senate passes abridged public corruption bill

Published on March 9, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Ryan Ray

The Florida Senate passed a shorter alternative to an omnibus anti-corruption bill to tighten ethics standards and make it easier to prosecute corruption on Wednesday, amid a flurry of bill action. The proposal, HB 7071, passed on a 39-0 vote. The measure lowers a legal threshold for prosecution from “with corrupt intent” to “knowingly and intentionally” engaging in a corrupt act. Senate sponsor Sen. Don Gaetz had also introduced a more expansive version that would strengthen financial reporting requirements, add restrictions on private…

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Authorities kept Jim Greer indictment sealed for two weeks

Published on June 4, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Former Florida GOP chair Jim Greer was arrested Wednesday, but the statewide grand jury that charged him handed up its indictment two weeks earlier, according to court records. The delay was so the Florida Department of Law Enforcement could arrest Greer the same day it searched his Oviedo home, its press office said Thursday, to make sure he didn’t destroy evidence. To do that, it had to prepare search warrant affidavits for Florida Chief Justice Peggy Quince. She signed three search warrants…

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