Former Florida GOP chairman under criminal investigation

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) – Former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer, who stepped down from his post earlier this year after grassroots leaders revolted against his management of the party, is under criminal investigation for allegedly setting up an secret fundraising contract that paid him and the party's executive director nearly $200,000 in donor money.

An independent annual audit of party expenses revealed that the party "may have been the victim of illegal criminal activity on the part of one of its vendors, controlled by a senior-level official," said Jim Thrasher, the current chairman of the party, in a statement Wednesday.

That vendor was Victory Strategies, LLC, a firm set up in February 2009 by Greer and former RPOF executive director Delmar Johnson that awarded them a 10 percent cut of all party donations.

Thrasher said he notified Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on March 15 of the "potential illegal activity." McCollum called the information "serious and concerning" and referred the matter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which is now investigating Greer for potential criminal activities.

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[DFW]

1. A Republican party chairman warned the law about Republican illegal action?

It sounds like Thrasher was told by his attorneys that Greer was headed behind bars, and he wanted to
take pre-emptive action against the inevitable storm of negative publicity at a time when they are in
danger of losing a Senate seat.

Desperate. Smart, but desperate. These guys usually claim "nothing to see here, move along." If they
say mea culpa, it's panic time in their ranks.

[Old and In the Way]

3. the party "may have been the victim of illegal criminal activity

No, it's the Organized Crime Party, so there are no victims running it. The victims are the people who identify and contribute to it.

[Dr.Phool]

2. McCollum is creating a diversion.

All the news lately has been about Marco Rubio living off of a Florida Republican Party credit card. And ole Clinton investigator Bill doesn't want to touch that one. I'd like to see if he has any credit card vouchers too.

[denverbill]

4. Well, if the people working in an organization are criminals, so is the organization. See ACORN.n/t

[kestrel91316]

5. MSM to label Greer a Dem onscreen in 3...2...1...

[samsingh]

6. if he's guilty, lock him away

[classysassy]

7. The republican scam artist

are busy little bee's.They believe in PT Barnums saying" there is a sucker born every second "

[tanyev]

8. Say, whatever happened to the guy who embezzled hundreds of thousands of $

from the National Republican Congressional Committee. Does anyone know if he ever went to jail? Good times.

[Stargleamer]

9. There was 8 years of Criminal activity in the Bush Administration

which should be investigated as well.

[Supersedeas]

10. rock n roll G-O-P