Category: Government
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Firms belonging to wife of Rep. Donalds grabbed millions in charter school contracts
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
For years, Erika Donalds has used her perch atop the nonprofit Optima Foundation—not to mention her marriage to U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Naples), now a top contender for governor—to make herself a force in Florida’s charter school movement. But materials filed with Florida’s Auditor General show… -
Bribery charges? What bribery charges? Billionaire banker, ex-FBI agent, former Puerto Rico governor get sweet deal from Bondi’s DOJ
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
One of the Justice Department’s biggest political bribery cases, set to go to trial in August, is being short-circuited by prosecutors who gave an exceedingly sweet deal to the three defendants they once declared had struck “a blow to the heart of our democracy.” -
Broward Sheriff Tony backs down on immigration stance after Florida AG threatens his job
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Faced with what amounted to an ultimatum from Tallahassee that he assist ICE and enforce federal immigration law, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony appeared to back down late Monday from his earlier public vow not to cooperate. -
‘Zombie’ foreclosures and mutating mortgage lenders plague Floridians in epilogue of 2000s subprime scandal
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Karina Lopez belongs to a club nobody wants to join: foreclosure defendants who once thought their mortgage problems were over. They most definitely are not. -
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Scotland Yard releases once secret records from its 9/11 probe of Saudi spy Omar Bayoumi
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A pile of new evidence released by Scotland Yard and filed under seal in federal court in New York includes an exhibit about a coded message found on “a suspect’s computer” discussing an apparent terrorist test of airport security prior to 9/11. -
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MoonPay’s Ivan Soto-Wright gets free pass for secretly donating to Francis Suarez PAC
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami crypto bro whose company has ties to the Trump family’s meme coin racket is the latest beneficiary of the Federal Elections Commission’s recent practice of giving a pass to wealthy donors who conceal their identities.
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