Hope Florida scandal

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The Hope Florida scandal is a political scandal that arose after the Hope Florida Foundation, founded by First Lady Casey DeSantis, received $10 million from a Medicaid fraud legal settlement between Centene Corporation and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and then diverted the proceeds to political action committees (PACs) with ties to the Ron DeSantis administration and the Republican Party of Florida to oppose the 2024 recreational marijuana ballot measure. Hope Florida's chairman admitted mistakes and "lapses in reporting procedures", including missing federal tax reports. In 2025, the Republican-controlled Florida House of Representatives under House Speaker Daniel Perez opened an investigation into the accusations of money laundering and wire fraud, but halted its investigation after Hope Florida refused to continue cooperating. In May 2025, State Attorney Jack Campbell opened a criminal investigation into the allegations of political corruption. On January...

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