General Discussion

the escapades he's been involved with (from Wikipedia -- company names have been omitted):

-- In response to former president Donald Trump's indictments, Patronis promoted a plan to provide up to $5 million in taxpayer funds to Trump to pay his legal bills. A bill was filed to enact this proposal by state senator Ileana Garcia, but was withdrawn after a veto threat by Governor Ron DeSantis.

-- Between 2017-2018, Patronis’ Political Action Committee, Treasure Florida, accepted tens of thousands in political contributions from two Florida-based insurance companies that were legally accused of fraud earlier that year. Patronis’s own state Division of Financial Services has been investigating both insurance operation for years for allegedly fleecing consumers.

-- In 2019, Florida’s top financial regulator, Ronald Rubin, filed a lawsuit accusing CFO Jimmy Patronis and lobbyist R. Paul Mitchell of orchestrating a “pay-to-play” scheme to solicit $1 million in campaign contributions from Rubin’s father, a wealthy New York investor.