DeSantis Medicaid settlement funds misappropriation investigation
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Florida grand jury finds DeSantis administration misappropriated Medicaid settlement funds
Testimony revealed that Uthmeier's political action committee, Keep Florida Clean, was the prime recipient of the majority of the $10 million.
After the money was transferred to Hope Florida, it was funneled into two political action committees and used to lobby against a ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana in Florida, and was sent to the Republican party of Florida.
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 found that the chairs of Save Our Society From Drugs and Secure Florida's Future mischaracterized the use of the funds in their grant applications.
Uthmeier directed most of the $10 million to two political committees fighting passage of the marijuana amendment.
The grand jury report was the subject of a court battle over its release that lasted seven months.