is my home, as it always will be. >> reporter: within months, the cheech justice of the court, robin davis, began to run for re-election. and fuller became a major fund-raiser for her campaign. how much did you raise for chief justice davis? >> i don't know. i don't know. i mean, there's a limit as to what individuals can donate. i think we maxed out at that limit. i think the limit's $1,000. >> reporter: but he helped to raise a lot more than that. according to state campaign records, justice davis received more than $37,000 from people with ties to fuller. many of them residents of fuller's hometown of plant city, florida, who, despite their modest homes, gave $1,000 each for a judicial election in another state more than 700 miles away. fuller acknowledged he encouraged his friends to contribute, including his pilot. >> absolutely, yes. >> reporter: you don't see a problem with that, when you have such an important case pending before her? >> no. >> reporter: but it turns out fuller also had a private business relationship with the judge's husband, scott seigle, seen with his wife here