There was a rumor in December that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami had given a big contribution to one of his opponents  — Hank Gilbert — in interesting proximity to Gilbert's decision to get out of the primary and into another race.

Farouk's folks, and Gilbert's, denied it. Loudly.

And they weren't telling the truth.

According to his campaign finance reports, Gilbert got two-thirds of his money from Shami — a total of $150,000. Here's a problem: According to Shami's reports, there wasn't a contribution at all. Expect a revision to those documents, which were ...

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