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A Florida grand jury has issued two rounds of indictments against ousted Florida Speaker Ray Sansom, and state investigators seized his legislative computer looking for evidence that he falsified the state budget to give $6 million for an aircraft hanger for a major contributor.


Florida grand jury has issued two rounds of indictments against ousted Florida Speaker Ray Sansom, and state investigators seized his legislative computer looking for Looking for

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 evidence that he falsified the state budget to give $6 million for an aircraft hanger for a major contributor. Sansom was first indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.  in April on official misconduct official misconduct n. improper and/or illegal acts by a public official which violate his/her duty to follow the law and act on behalf of the public good. Often such conduct is under the guise or "color" of official authority. (See: official)  charges related to his budget move and then in late May on felony perjury charges. In June his computer was taken. Sansom was ousted as speaker earlier this year before he ever presided over a session over accepting an unadvertised un·ad·ver·tised  
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 $110,000 a year job with a state college and steering more than $35 million in state construction money to the school. Sansom maintains his innocence and is still a member of the Republican leadership team.
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Title Annotation:People & Politics
Publication:State Legislatures
Date:Jul 1, 2009
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