The St. Pete Times reports that the FBI is investigating the dealings of State Rep. Ray Sansom, former NWFS College Pres. Bob Richburg and developer Jay Odom. The trio is facing felony charges over allegedly securing $6 million in state funds for a college building that Odom may have planned to use for his corporate jet business.
The paper doesn’t know what the FBI is investigating, only that an agent has become collecting information. Odom is a big GOP contribution and has given nearly $1 million to Florida Republicans — including about $122,000 to Sansom and a political committee he controlled.
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