TALLAHASSEE — A grand jury convened in Tallahassee last week for at least two days of testimony relating to the Hope Florida Foundation, the beleaguered charity created by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.
The grand jury could issue criminal indictments and get answers to crucial questions in a scandal that has dominated state politics this year.
Lawmakers have alleged that the DeSantis administration took $10 million from a state Medicaid legal settlement and funneled it through the foundation for political purposes: defeating a recreational marijuana ballot initiative.
DeSantis and his top officials have denied wrongdoing , but they also haven’t answered key questions about how everything went down. Here’s a look at those questions.
Whose idea was it?
No one has taken respons