Overview
- This week Democratic leaders and Senate candidate Alex Vindman publicly pressed Sen. Ashley Moody to seek the release of a Leon County grand jury report tied to Hope Florida.
- The report concerns $10 million from a $67 million Centene settlement that went to the Hope Florida nonprofit and was later routed through other groups to a political committee chaired by James Uthmeier.
- A grand jury convened by State Attorney Jack Campbell produced no indictments and the report has not been made public, even though Florida law generally requires release within 15 days unless someone named in the presentment objects or asks for redactions.
- Moody’s campaign says the Agency for Health Care Administration handled the settlement and that Moody had no role in grand jury proceedings, while Attorney General James Uthmeier has declined to say whether he sought to keep the report sealed.
- The sealed report has become a campaign flashpoint with Democrats using the dispute to press for answers and with the outcome to-watch being whether Moody will push for unsealing or a judge will order disclosure.