The Miami Herald is reporting a grand jury report into the Hope Florida scandal has been completed, but will not be released.
The Miami Herald says Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told reporters the contents of that report remain confidential and that wasn’t his choice.
Hope Florida is accused of transferring $10 million it received from a Medicaid settlement into two political action committees overseen by Uthmeier.
The PACS lobbied against the recreational marijuana amendment on the 2024 ballot, which was defeated.
State representative Alex Andrade called the transaction illegal.
He accuses Uthmeier of money laundering and wire fraud.
Andrade says Hope Florida will run into problems when it files tax returns with the IRS.
“When they do that they will have to describe this $10 million that James has admitted he used on a political campaign,” he said. “They will have to describe it in some way. Depending on what they say, if the IRS investigates and punishes that 501c3 for using public dollars for campaign purposes, the Hope Florida foundation could get fined $2.5 million.”
Andrade is calling for Uthmeier to resign as state attorney general.
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Both Uthmeier and DeSantis have denied any wrongdoing in the case.