BREAKING NEWS – Tampa, Florida – The brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, has been arrested in Florida on charges of human trafficking, battery and lewd or lascivious touching of a minor, according to the Office of the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit.
“Jimmie Gardner, a youth motivational speaker and brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, is facing serious charges of human trafficking and is currently in jail in Hillsborough County with no bond,” the office said in a press release.
“I don’t think it’s fair for the public and criminal justice system to be focusing on me,” Gardner stated to the judge in his first court appearance. “Stacey knew I was doing this for years, and she wasn’t critical of me, so neither should you or anyone else.”