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Florida GOP Uses Scandal Audit To Attack Crist, Vindicate Current Leaders

Rachel Slajda | September 13, 2010, 12:39PM


Florida Gov. Charlie Crist

The Republican Party of Florida certainly knows how to make the best out of a bad situation. At its meeting this Saturday, leaders discussed a forensic audit that had just been completed after a string of scandals in which party leaders, including current GOP Senate candidate Marco Rubio, were accused of improperly using tens of thousands of dollars of party money.

The RPOF has not released the audit to the public. The party did, however, claim to reporters Saturday that the review revealed that Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican-turned-independent running for Senate against Rubio, ran up "hundreds of dollars" in bad expenses.

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Topics: Charlie Crist, Delmar Johnson, Florida, Jim Greer, RPOF

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Former FL GOP Staffer: Officials Spent On Cigars, Lobster, Birthday Parties

Rachel Slajda | July 12, 2010, 9:07AM


Former Florida Republican Party Chair Jim Greer

Former top officials in the Republican Party of Florida, including chair Jim Greer and executive director Delmar Johnson, spent thousands of party dollars to buy themselves fine cigars, lobster dinners, souvenirs and, in one case, a Winnie the Pooh-themed birthday party.

The former office manager for the party, who says she was fired after she voiced concerns about top officials' spending, gave details on their spending in a story published Sunday in the St. Petersburg Times.

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Topics: Campaign Finance, Corruption, Delmar Johnson, Jim Greer, RPOF

Jim Greer

Greer Charged With Fraud, Grand Theft Over 'Shell' Fundraising Company

Justin Elliott | June 2, 2010, 11:53AM

Former Florida GOP chair Jim Greer is charged with six felony counts of fraud, theft, and money laundering in connection with a company he allegedly created to take a cut of the state party's fundraising revenues, Florida authorities announced this morning.

At a news conference moments ago, Statewide Prosecutor William Shepherd charged that the money gained by the company was "used by Mr. Greer to support his own personal lifestyle."

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Topics: Charlie Crist, Delmar Johnson, Florida, Florida Republican Party, Jim Greer, William Shepherd

Jim Greer

FL GOP: Our Former Chair Is Under Criminal Investigation

Zachary Roth | March 31, 2010, 2:07PM


Former Florida Republican Party Chair Jim Greer

The former chair of the Florida GOP -- a close ally of Gov. Charlie Crist -- is said to be under criminal investigation for a contract worth around $200,000 that he awarded to himself and his executive director. The news was revealed today by the state party, which says it uncovered the contract in the course of its annual financial audit, and referred the matter to authorities.

Jim Greer was appointed to run the state GOP by Crist in 2007, but was forced out of the job in January, after reports of lavish party spending, much of which went on the credit card of the party's executive director, Delmar Johnson.

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Topics: Charlie Crist, Delmar Johnson, Jim Greer, Marco Rubio

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