What's Rick Scott hiding?
That's the question Bill McCollum's campaign asked after reviewing records of a deposition Scott gave in 2000. In the deposition Scott invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 75 times.
McCollum's people circulated a transcript in which Scott took the Fifth even when asked if he worked for (Columbia) HCA Corp., in addition to questions about the firm's accounting and billing practices.
Scott's campaign says the case has nothing to do with the (Columbia) HCA case and it was "outrageous," spokeswoman Jen Baker said, that media outlets were citing it matter so close to the election.
According to the McCollum campaign, a document retrieval company, Docutrieval Information Services, asked the Manatee County clerk's office to sanitize the file, which is allowed after seven years.
Scott gave the deposition at his offices in Stamford, Conn., on July 27, 2000, months before Columbia/HCA Corp. settled its massive Medicare fraud case with the federal government. The case was a software dispute, Nevada Communications Corp. v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.
The transcript shows Scott was holding a card that carried the words: "Upon advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the question by asserting my rights and privileges under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."
Some Republicans have refereed to Scott as an indicted co-conspirator in the (Columbia) HCA Corp settlement with the federal government.
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McCollum's people circulated a transcript in which Scott took the Fifth even when asked if he worked for (Columbia) HCA Corp., in addition to questions about the firm's accounting and billing practices.
Scott's campaign says the case has nothing to do with the (Columbia) HCA case and it was "outrageous," spokeswoman Jen Baker said, that media outlets were citing it matter so close to the election.
According to the McCollum campaign, a document retrieval company, Docutrieval Information Services, asked the Manatee County clerk's office to sanitize the file, which is allowed after seven years.
Scott gave the deposition at his offices in Stamford, Conn., on July 27, 2000, months before Columbia/HCA Corp. settled its massive Medicare fraud case with the federal government. The case was a software dispute, Nevada Communications Corp. v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.
The transcript shows Scott was holding a card that carried the words: "Upon advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the question by asserting my rights and privileges under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."
Some Republicans have refereed to Scott as an indicted co-conspirator in the (Columbia) HCA Corp settlement with the federal government.
source: http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/08/scott-took-the-fifth-75-times-in-a-2000-deposition-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tampabaycom%2Fblogs%2Fbuzz+%28The+Buzz+|+tampabay.com%29
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