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Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler plans to remain in post amid rape investigation

DeSantis has called for Ziegler to step aside. A Florida Trident report alleged that Ziegler and his wife were involved in a consensual relationship with the woman who filed the complaint.

  • By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida
  • | 4:00 p.m. December 4, 2023
  • State Government
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Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler indicated Saturday he does not plan to step aside from his leadership post amid an investigation into an alleged sexual battery in October in Sarasota.

A report by the Florida Trident, which is part of the Florida Center for Government Accountability, alleged on Thursday that Ziegler and his wife had been involved in a three-year consensual sexual relationship with the woman who filed the complaint.

Bridget Ziegler, who helped organize the Moms For Liberty conservative political group, is a member of the Sarasota County School Board and was appointed by DeSantis to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board of Supervisors, which helps govern property that includes Walt Disney World. She is not involved in the complaint.

 

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