The grand jury investigating the role of senior DeSantis administration officials in the “misappropriation” of millions of taxpayer dollars encountered well-connected witnesses with bar licenses, conflicting testimonies and memory problems, a copy of the sealed grand jury report obtained by CBS News Miami reveals.
That collective amnesia made it impossible to prosecute the case, according to the report, which says the grand jury could “plainly see that taxpayer money was misused for political purposes” when $10 million was diverted from a Medicaid settlement to political organizations in the fall of 2024, with a state charity acting as the middleman.
“No witness would take responsibility for making the decision,” and no one “had any memory of who made” it, the report states.