Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor who came within a half-percentage point of saving the world from Ron DeSantis in 2018, was acquitted of a charge of lying to the FBI in a corruption investigation, but the jury hung on other charges related to alleged misuse of campaign funds, NBC News reports.
Prosecutors said they would refile charges against Gillum on charges he funneled campaign funds to his personal accounts through a false billing scheme with a campaign vendor: The vendor would bill the campaign for non-existent costs, and then pay out that money to Gillum–in a scheme very similar to how Leonard Leo got Kellyanne Conway to cover-up payments to Ginni Thomas.