The grand jury investigating the role of senior DeSantis administration officials in the \u201cmisappropriation\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
That collective amnesia made it impossible to prosecute the case, according to the report, which says the grand jury could \u201cplainly see that taxpayer money was misused for political purposes\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo witness would take responsibility for making the decision,\u201d and no one \u201chad any memory of who made\u201d it, the report states.<\/p>\n