Florida news: Calls for FDLE investigations grow as Gov. Rick Scott continues to avoid questions

TAMPA BAY TIMES

Rick Scott
Rick Scott

TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Rick Scott on Friday continued to brush off questions about allegations of political meddling made by the state’s former top law enforcement officer, pressure mounted elsewhere in Florida to get answers.

A Land O’Lakes man filed a formal complaint with the FBI asking for an investigation into a series of claims made last week by Gerald Bailey, whom Scott ousted as commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. MORE…

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  1. I have had personal experience in dealing with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in regard to a year long criminal investigation. It has been my experience that the FDLE has conducted itself with nothing but the highest level of professionalism. The bureaucracy moved much too slowly but no one at the FDLE ever lost sight of the goal to get the facts. Justice has been denied but it is not the fault of the FDLE.

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