Florida attorney John Morgan threatens to sue Andrew Gillum if he runs again for office

[TexasTowelie]

John Morgan, a political rainmaker and perhaps Florida's most well-known attorney, on Wednesday threatened to sue Andrew Gillum, if last year's Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate runs for office again.

Morgan’s remarks to the Tiger Bay Club in Tallahassee were an escalation of a public tirade over Gillum’s decision to sit on more than $3 million ahead of the November election, which the Democrat narrowly lost to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

In October 2018, Morgan contributed $250,000 to Gillum’s political committee, Forward Florida. When the powerful Orlando trial lawyer asked Gillum for his money back, Morgan said he was told “no.”

“If he does decide to run again, I do believe I have a cause of action,” Morgan told the crowd of political insiders on Wednesday. “I do believe I will sue him to get that $3.7 million back to the ones that gave at the end. I do believe that.”

Read more: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/08/29/florida-attorney-john-morgan-threatens-to-sue-andrew-gillum-if-he-runs-again-for-office

[OnDoutside]

1. Is there a back story here, apart from the money ?

[TexasTowelie]

2. There's quite a bit more at the link.

I would be missing a lot if I tried to summarize it. Apparently the men have had other disagreements, particularly regarding felon voting rights.

[OnDoutside]

3. Thanks TT. Asking for the money does seem to be further down the road of their disagreements alright

[Blue_true]

4. It seems Morgan wanted the money spent on the last days of the campaign.

I agree with Morgan, in a race that was sure to be close, why sit on that much money.

[hay rick]

5. Gillum's campaign betrayed the donors.

Most people have limited funds available to donate to political campaigns and try to pick and choose where their money will do the most good. I doubt that they would want to contribute to a campaign that was just stockpiling money for a future campaign or other endeavor. The unspent $3+ million could easily have put the Nelson campaign over the top.

Sadly, the lingering question is whether the unspent money represented an ethical lapse, a breathtaking demonstration of incompetence- or both.