A strategist for Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) called upon James Fishback to leave politics entirely on Wednesday after the former Florida gubernatorial candidate admitted to lying about federal investigations into Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Mills.

Less than two weeks before the Aug. 18 Republican primary, Fishback claimed he had obtained whistleblower information that suggested the Department of Justice was investigating Donalds and Mills over allegations of sex trafficking. Fishback was Donalds’s primary opponent in the race for Florida governor.

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