FDLE: Scott transition emails deleted accidentally

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities have concluded that Gov. Rick Scott and members of his transition team did not willingly delete public records shortly before Scott was sworn into office.

But a 10-month-long investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is ending without “absolute certainty” that authorities were able to recover all the emails that were written or sent to Scott and those helping him before his inauguration in January 2011.

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