posted on January 23, 2003 10:26:02 AMOne of the most serious charges is that she personally delayed a Florida pension fund audit at Governor Jeb Bush's request.
Two weeks stretched into five months, after Rehnquist told her audit team to "proceed with (an) audit in North Carolina first, then do Florida."
"The Florida audit might have finished before the November election and could have proven embarrassing (to Governor Bush)," said one source. The delays ensured it couldn't be done until after the election.