Former Florida GOP Charged With Six Felonies

Florida authorities have announced this morning that the former Chairman of the Florida GOP has been charged with six felonies:

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."

The company at the center of the charges is Victory Strategies, created by Greer and Florida GOP Executive Director Delmar Johnson -- and awarded a GOP contract while Greer himself was at the helm of the party. The state party said in March that an audit showed the company took 10% of money raised by the GOP, and that Greer and Johnson had personally pocketed $200,000 from the arrangement.

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