Florida Rep. Randy Fine didn't just win his Republican primary Tuesday night — he demolished it. With President Trump, the Republican Jewish Coalition and AIPAC in his corner, Fine took 56.7% of the vote to just 18% for his chief rival, poker-playing social-media influencer Dan Bilzerian, in a race for Florida's 6th Congressional District that both parties' leadership publicly denounced for its ugliness.

The campaign had devolved into one of the most openly antisemitic contests in recent memory. Bilzerian, who is of Armenian descent, posted that "District 6 understands the Jewish problem," released campaign material referencing "that Austrian painter's opinions," and used an AI-generated video to call Fine — who is Jewish — a "fat Jew" and portray him as "Satanic." Fine fired back by comparing Muslims to dogs and suggesting Bilzerian, as an Armenian-American, shouldn't be allowed to serve in Congress at all.

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But Fine wasn't done once the votes were counted. Days before the primary, he filed a formal criminal referral asking the FBI to investigate what he called a "ghost organization" — the previously unregistered Florida First Action Network — for allegedly pouring roughly $1 million into ads, direct mail and texts attacking him in the two weeks before the election without filing required disclosures with the FEC or state regulators.

Fine's referral names Lake County Commissioner Anthony Sabatini, identified in FCC electioneering filings as the group's sole agent, along with his law firm, which FEC records show has been paid by Bilzerian's campaign and shares an address with it. Fine has alleged the spending may involve prohibited foreign funds or illegal coordination with the Bilzerian campaign.

"For the first time in American history, it appears that foreign actors are directly purchasing campaign advertising in an effort to manipulate election results in the United States," Fine said.

Sabatini wasn't rattled. Asked about the referral, he texted a reporter: "I referred Randy Fine to a weight loss program."

Neither Sabatini nor Bilzerian has been charged with any crime, and no FBI action has been publicly confirmed. Fine, who fills the seat vacated by former Rep. Mike Waltz, now heads into the November general election as the heavy favorite in the reliably red district — but the FBI referral means the bitter primary's aftershocks are far from over.