Hope Florida investigation, led by Florida House, ends

The state House-led investigation into the scandal involving funds from Hope Florida, a charity run by the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis, being given to political groups to oppose a marijuana legalization amendment, which was voted on last November, has ended.

Hope Florida, a charity designed to “wean people off Medicaid,” according to Casey DeSantis, was accused of misusing more than $10 million in state grant funding to fund PACs to oppose Amendment 3, which would have seen the state legalize marijuana use recreationally. The amendment was defeated at the ballot box by Florida voters, falling short of the 60% supermajority needed to sign the amendment into law.