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ORLANDO, Fla. — Bank statements, phone records and a credit report belonging to a former state lawmaker accused of bribing a friend to run as an independent candidate in a South Florida state Senate race will be released as public records, a judge ruled Friday. Attorneys representing former state Sen. Frank Artiles tried to prevent the release of those documents, which the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office collected as evidence, arguing they contained irrelevant personal information and could hamper Artiles’ ability to get a fair trial. But several media organizations, including the Orlando S…