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Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to the Hope Florida Foundation. Sen. Ashley Moody was attorney general at the time, and her office OK'd the settlement.
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The retreat comes five days after the First District Court of Appeal denied Attorney General James Uthmeier's own emergency bid to block the same ad.
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An appeals court ordered a grand jury report about the controversy struck from the court record. The Florida GOP says a Democratic campaign ad targeting AG James Uthmeier illegally broadcasts expunged findings.
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The Republican Party of Florida is threatening criminal prosecution of television stations, the Democratic Party and, by the terms of its own legal theory, anyone who repeats a grand jury's finding in the case.
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A state appeals court has ordered the Hope Florida grand jury report expunged. Here's what the ruling means, how politicians are reacting and what's next.
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A state appellate court ordered that a recently leaked grand jury report on Hope Florida be expunged. Does it all go away with no repercussions?
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State purchasing records show a flurry of payments to private law firms hired to represent public officials scrutinized by a grand jury.
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This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke about the pros and cons of Florida’s property tax amendment. Plus, a look at the latest in the Hope Florida scandal and more.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis praised the decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal, which asserted a $10 million settlement arrangement from Medicaid provider Centene to the Hope Florida Foundation was legal.
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Despite the finding that the funds from the settlement were misappropriated, the report didn’t indict anyone, citing insufficient evidence.
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IRS takes up whistleblower claim of Hope Florida money that flowed to Uthmeier's political committeeThe Internal Revenue Service is reviewing a whistleblower claim about $10 million in Medicaid settlement money that moved through the Hope Florida Foundation and, within weeks, into a political committee chaired by James Uthmeier, now Florida's attorney general, according to new records obtained by the Florida Trident.
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Top Democrats in the Florida House are demanding the Internal Revenue Service open an investigation into whether the Hope Florida Foundation and two social welfare organizations that received money from it properly reported the funds to the IRS and, moreover, whether any of the organizations have to pay taxes on the funds.