Revealed: How Marco Rubio helped cocaine-dealing brother-in-law get a real estate licence after 12-year jail stint with glowing reference on official stationery (but failed to mention they were related)

A screenshot from Univision Investiga shows Marco Rubio?s sister, Barbara, and her husband, Orlando Cicilia, who Rubio urged Florida officials to grant a real estate license in 2002 Sen. Marco Rubio reportedly used his elected office to needle regulators and score a real estate license for his convicted drug dealer brother-in-law. In 2002, Rubio wielded his influence as majority whip of the Florida House of Representatives to recommend relative Orlando Cicilia for a real estate license despite a prior conviction for drug trafficking, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Rubio used his official statehouse stationery for a letter to the Florida Division of Real Estate that advocated for "licensure without reservation" but did not disclose Cicilia was married to his older sister Barbara, The Post said. Cicilia previously served a lengthy prison sentence for his role as the reported "front man" for Cuban-American cocaine kingpin Mario Tabraue, a drug lord who kept spotted leopard

While serving in the Florida House of Representatives in 2002, Rubio wrote to regulators on statehouse stationary recommending brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia for a real estate license.

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