Gillum has maintained he got the tickets from his brother, Marcus, and assumed his brother had paid for them. Gillum has not been formally identified as a target of either probe, and he has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing. City expense accounts, by Florida law, can be used "only for legitimate expenses in connection with the candidate’s public office,” and any violation is considered a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. GILLUM TAKES ON TRUMP, AS PROBE FALLOUT MOUNTS“Once again, Chris Kise, one of [former Florida Republican Gov.] Rick Scott’s most high profile political hatchet men, is trying to confuse and distract voters with information that has long been public," Gillum communications director Geoff Burgan said.

Source: Fox News November 01, 2018 00:35 UTC