Former Gov. Charlie Crist says Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer tried to extort him in 2011
Former Gov. Charlie Crist says Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer tried to extort him in 2011
Records show former Gov. Charlie Crist thought former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer was trying to extort him.
By Lucy Morgan
Tampa Bay Times Senior Correspondent
The message to former Gov. Charlie Crist from good friend and confidante Jim Greer was ominous-sounding:
“Listen I just wanted to call and tell you something as a man, not like these other people that have put knives in your back and never had the courtesy of calling you directly or talking to you.”
Just about a year after Greer was indicted on felony charges of organized fraud, theft and money laundering, Crist found the voice mail and a text message on his cell phone from the former chair of the Republican Party of Florida.
To Crist, it sounded like Greer was attempting to extort money from him and he called the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to report the messages.
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