Attorney General Candidate Ryan Torrens Talks Campaign Finance Lawsuit

WFSU | By Ryan Dailey

Published August 3, 2018 at 5:03 PM EDT

Attorney General candidate Ryan Torrens, center, has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming he violated campaign finance law.

Ryan Torrens is a candidate for Florida Attorney General running in the primary against Democratic Representative Sean Shaw. Recently, Shaw filed a lawsuit alleging Torrens didn’t properly qualify as a candidate, and violated campaign finance law. Torrens has come to his own defense by releasing a public rebuttal, and has filed a motion to dismiss the case. It is set to be heard on August 22, just six days before the primary election.

Torrens recently sat down with WFSU’s Ryan Dailey to give his side of the story.

Questions, with timestamps:

Walk me through the basics of what's being alleged in the lawsuit. 0:00-1:01

Could you tell me more about the contribution in question? 1:02-3:16

The hearing for this lawsuit is being expedited because of the approaching primary. What's to be expected from that? 3:16-4:46