DeSantis Medicaid settlement funds misappropriation investigation
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Florida grand jury finds DeSantis administration misappropriated Medicaid settlement funds
Uthmeier said that under Florida law, he was not allowed to comment on the grand jury report.
DeSantis said there was no diversion of any Medicaid funds and that it was a private settlement where a company made a private contribution with one of the state agencies.
A spokesperson for Moody said in a statement that neither the Department of Legal Affairs nor the former attorney general had knowledge of how the settlement money would be spent.
Florida grand jury blasts DeSantis staff and Hope Florida board for lack of due diligence
The grand jury said the money was part of the damages Centene owed to Florida's taxpayers.
DeSantis appointed Guard to serve as a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in January.
Jason Weida, then head of the Agency for Health Care Administration and now DeSantis' chief of staff, said the $10 million was a bonus on top of the settlement agreement with Centene.