The Feds have begun a criminal investigation into how American Express Cards were used by top elected officials and staff of the Republican Party of Florida. In a parallel investigation, the Internal Revenue Service is pouring over the tax records of former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio and others to determine if they misused party credit cards they had, for their personal expenses.
Miami Herald: The U.S. attorney’s office in Tallahassee, the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are all involved in the probe, which grew out of the state investigation into former House Speaker Ray Sansom. He was indicted on criminal charges that he stashed $6 million in the state budget for an airplane hangar for a friend and campaign donor.
Meanwhile, in a separate inquiry, the IRS is also looking at the tax records of at least three former party credit card holders — former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio, ex-state party chairman Jim Greer and ex-party executive director Delmar Johnson — to determine whether they misused their party credit cards for personal expenses, according to a source familiar with the preliminary inquiry.
