Christian Ziegler Denies Asking for $2 Million to Resign as Florida GOP Chair

Embattled Florida GOP chair Christian Ziegler is denying a news report claiming he asked for $2 million to resign from his party leadership role amid a sex scandal and police probe.

“It’s not true,” Ziegler told The Daily Beast via text. “100% false.”

According to the website Florida Politics, the high-profile Republican—through emissaries—supposedly asked party officials for a multimillion-dollar buyout from his $120,000-a-year job.

Read more at The Daily Beast.