New records show Republicans blocked FEC probe into claims FPL used conduits to hide its illegal contributions

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FPL's Port Everglades power plant. Photo: FPL

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

The spirit of the Watergate scandal investigation was invoked after Republicans blocked a probe into claims that Florida Power & Light used a network of conduit corporations to hide $1.27 million in possibly illegal contributions to federal and state political committees. 

New records made public this week by the Federal Election Commission show that an initial inquiry led its Office of General Counsel (OGC) to believe that illegal contributions were made during the scheme, and asked the commission to approve a full investigation to get to the bottom of it.

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