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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Police in Florida said on Friday they have cleared the ousted chairman of the state’s Republican Party on sexual battery allegations but asked prosecutors to review their investigation of a possibly illegal recording of a sexual encounter. Christian Ziegler was accused in October of rape by a woman who previously had a sexual encounter with him and his wife, according to a warrant issued by a Florida Circuit Court in Sarasota. The Sarasota, Florida, police department said in a written statement they also investigated Ziegler for suspected “video voyeurism” after the …