TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — The Hope Florida investigation resulted in a win for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier.

On Wednesday, a Florida appeals court ordered the grand jury report to be expunged in its entirety, rejecting the idea that $10 million was misappropriated.

This stems from a Leon County grand jury investigation into a 2024 settlement between the state and Medicaid provider Centene. Under that agreement, Centene paid $57 million to Florida and separately contributed $10 million to the Hope Florida Foundation.

The grand jury report — which was completed in January — described the money’s path as a scheme to fund politics, arguing that the $10 million had been misappropriated.

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Judges found that the grand jury’s reasoning did not hold up and found that the $10 million had been paid directly to Hope Florida rather than being diverted from state funds.

The ruling is a victory for DeSantis and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. DeSantis issued a statement on the ruling on his X account on Wednesday.

“Another hoax bites the dust! The 1st DCA has written the most thorough judicial beat down of anything I’ve ever seen re: the 2024 AHCA pre-suit settlement with Centene. Botton line = no misappropriation by AHCA as a matter of law (Which was obvious to anyone with half a brain or not blinded by a political agenda). The Court ordered the complete and total expungement of the illegally leaked Tallahassee grand jury report. This was the judicial equivalent of a death-by-firing squad to the Hope Florida Hoax,” DeSantis said on X.