State attorney Willie Meggs said he plans to drop the remaining perjury charge against ex-House Speaker Ray Sansom in the case over the $6 million for an airplane hangar at Northwest Florida State College.
Last October, Circuit Judge Terry Lewis dismissed a portion of the
two-pronged perjury charge against Sansom. The second portion, which
accused Sansom of lying about whether anyone at the school had asked for
accelerated state funding, was based on testimony from the Department
of Education.
Meggs said at a scheduling hearing Wednesday that further information
shows that Sansom and the
college discussed the funding. He said that “nullifies” the remaining
perjury charge. The next hearing in the case is set for June 16.
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