claim: ponzi schemer scott rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of campaign cash to control crist’s appointments of key state judges."
author: republican party of florida
evidence_1: sep 29, 2014 ... the ad said rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of campaign cash to control  crist's appointments of key state judges." "politifact florida ...
evidence_2: sep 13, 2014 ... and, oddly, both republican governor rick scott and his challenger, republican -turned. ... and the crist campaign have recently cited convicted ponzi schemer  scott rothstein in ads ... the ad said rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of  campaign cash to control crist's appointments of key state judges.
evidence_3: sep 22, 2014 ... with tv ad spending in the gubernatorial campaign exceeding $50 ... charlie  crist, left, and rick scott have traded barbs on the airwaves. ... crist's relationship  with convicted ponzi schemer scott rothstein. ... rothstein bragged that he gave  charlie crist money so he could pick judges. ... state editions.
evidence_4: scott w. rothstein (born june 10, 1962) is a disbarred lawyer and the former  managing ... rothstein may have stolen millions of dollars from an investment ...  of dollars from investor trust accounts in a ponzi scheme from an investment  business he ... governor crist appointed rothstein as a member of the 4th district  court of ...
evidence_5: sep 16, 2014 ... state politics ... “scott rothstein,” kretschmar says in the ad, “swindled a lot of  people ... rothstein law firm's banker and played a role in his ponzi scheme, ...  money — about $81,000 for his unsuccessful u.s. senate campaign — at ...  contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to crist's campaigns and ...