Lawmaker will subpoena Florida attorney general in DeSantis charity probe

Rep. Alex Andrade has been using his position on the House Health Care Budget Subcommittee to look into Hope Florida and the Hope Florida Foundation.

A key lawmaker said he will issue a subpoena for text messages and call logs from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier about the Hope Florida Foundation, a dramatic escalation in House Republicans’ investigation into the charity overseen by first lady Casey DeSantis.

Rep. Alex Andrade told the Times/Herald Monday night that he decided to issue a subpoena to the state’s top prosecutor after speaking to the leaders of two dark money groups that received $5 million grants from the foundation last year.

One of them said that Uthmeier directed her to ask the foundation for the grant, and the other didn’t deny it, Andrade, a Pensacola Republican, said. Both groups subsequently gave millions to a political committee controlled by Uthmeier to help fight a recreational marijuana amendment.

Andrade claimed that he has “confirmed definitively that James Uthmeier reached out to these 501(c)(4)’s personally and directed them to submit $5 million requests to Hope Florida.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/04/14/desantis-uthmeier-casey-hope-florida-legislature-medicaid/

Looks like things may be heating up. Pissypants DeSantis is probably going to explode.