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The Hill: Corruption scandals are shaking up Florida Senate campaign

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From The Hill: Wednesday’s arrest of Florida’s former state Republican Party chairman is the latest incident that could tip the scales in the state’s three-way race for the Senate. A longtime friend and ally of Gov. Charlie Crist, former state GOP chairman Jim Greer was arrested at his Oviedo home on six felony charges connected to a money-laundering scheme during his four-year stint as chairman. Given Greer’s closeness with Crist, some believe the case is more likely to hurt Crist…

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Charlie Crist: All I know about Victory Strategies is what I read in the newspapers

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Charlie Crist told CNN this morning that Florida is ready as it can be for the Gulf oil spill, but the scandal ensnaring former Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer came up. What does Crist know about Victory Strategies? “What I know about it is only what I’ve read about in the newspapers,” Crist told Candy Crowley on “State of the Union.” “It’s an unfortunate situation. It’s very disappointing, and sometimes people disappoint you. And that’s what happened here.” Greer, 47, of Oviedo has been…

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Jeff Greene lumps Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek together, blasts them for cover-ups

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Jeff Greene issued the following statement regarding the recent developments that both Kendrick Meek and Charlie Crist have misled the public and the media regarding what Kendrick Meek knew about Carrie Meek’s role with developer Dennis Stackhouse, and breaking developments that Charlie Crist personally signed off on former Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer’s confidential fundraising role with the state party. Said Jeff Greene: “The people of Florida should be outraged that Rep. Kendrick Meek and Governor Charlie Crist were both…

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Authorities kept Jim Greer indictment sealed for two weeks

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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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One anonymous letter leads authorities to Jim Greer

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Republican Party chairman Jim Greer’s precipitous decline started in earnest at the kitchen table of a 76-year-old retiree in Fort Myers, Fla., shortly after Christmas. Gary A. Lee was going through his mail around lunch time in late December 2009, when he came across a white business envelope addressed to him as a member of the state Republican Party’s audit committee. There was no return address. What Lee found in that envelope led to the 47-year-old Greer’s arrest yesterday by…

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Marco Rubio releases new web video: ‘Can You Trust Charlie Crist?’

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With the arrest of Charlie Crist’s handpicked Chairman of the RPOF, the Rubio for Senate campaign today released a new web video entitled, “Can You Trust Charlie Crist?” As pressure grew for Jim Greer to resign over mismanagement of the Republican Party, Charlie Crist offered unwavering support. In December 2009, he even told an editorial board that there was no evidence of wrongdoing by Jim Greer, Crist’s handpicked Chairman. Now everyone knows what the Crist campaign apparently knew months before…

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Marco Rubio releases new web video: ‘Can You Trust Charlie Crist?’

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With the arrest of Charlie Crist’s handpicked chairman of the RPOF, the Rubio for Senate campaign today released a new web video entitled, “Can You Trust Charlie Crist?” As pressure grew for Jim Greer to resign over mismanagement of the Republican Party, Charlie Crist offered unwavering support. In December 2009, he even told an editorial board that there was no evidence of wrongdoing by Jim Greer, Crist’s handpicked chairman. Now everyone knows what the Crist campaign apparently knew months before,…

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