By: Jeff Burlew | Tallahassee Democrat
After struggling to find common ground, jurors have determined Andrew Gillum is not guilty of lying to the FBI while they deadlocked on other charges.
For days, consensus has evaded the jury in the public corruption trial of Andrew Gillum and Sharon Lettman-Hicks, which saw its fifth day of deliberations Thursday at the federal courthouse in Tallahassee.
The 12-person jury told U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor on earlier Tuesday that they had reached consensus on one count, but were deadlocked on the others against the former Tallahassee mayor and his political adviser. On Wednesday, however, they asked for more office supplies and paper copies of the evidence, which Winsor said was a sign of progress.
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