The White House has “indefinitely” paused the judicial nomination of former Florida Deputy Attorney General John Guard over a criminal probe.

Guard, who was Donald Trump’s pick to fill a vacancy on the bench in the Middle District of Florida, has been subpoenaed in a criminal inquiry tied to a charity linked to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The controversy focuses on $10 million in secret settlement money from a Medicaid provider, allegedly diverted to Hope Florida, a DeSantis-backed program started by his wife Casey, to help fund a DeSantis politcal drive, Axios reports.

While Guard signed the settlement, he had privately raised concerns about it and removed references to his office in drafts of the settlement passed among negotiators, as reported by the Miami Herald.

Last week, a grand

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