Following the guilty plea by former Florida Republican Party chair Jim Greer to four counts of grand theft, Mike Grissom, executive director of the Florida GOP, issued a statement highlighting Greer’s close ties with Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist and asserting that the disgraced former chair “has tried to damage the reputation of the Republican Party and its leaders” for the past three years.
“Today, Jim Greer, the man Charlie Crist personally picked to lead the Republican Party of Florida, admitted his guilt to five felony charges. For the past three years, Jim Greer has tried to damage the reputation of the Republican Party and its leaders, but the truth is now known that Jim Greer broke the law, stole from RPOF and our donors, and then said and did everything he could to cover up and distract attention from his crimes. Everything Jim Greer has said and done over these past few years should be considered in that light.”
