The federal Treasury Department is examining whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used COVID-19 aid to fund the transports of 50 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts.
The Republican governor, a likely 2024 presidential candidate, tapped intorelocate those who have entered the country illegally.
Delmar said the probe will confirm whether interest earned on the funds can be used for immigration activities. This is the first acknowledgement that federal authorities are reviewing DeSantis' migrant transports. DeSantis' authorization of the migrant transports riled the left and sparked outrage when he said the transports were an effort to spotlight Biden's border policies. Biden’s border security policies are “doing huge damage to our country," he said, and “nobody can deny there's a crisis.”
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