The Treasury Department will probe whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used COVID-19 relief funding to pay for migrant flights, ABC News confirms.
Ron DeSantis speaks during the 2022 Victory Dinner in Hollywood, Fla., July 23, 2022.The U.S. Treasury Department will probe whether Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used COVID-19 relief funding to pay for migrant flights, ABC News confirmed Wednesday.
The letter was sent in response to members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation's Sept. 16 request that Treasury look into DeSantis' compliance with parameters placed on funding use from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act and the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, created under the American Rescue Plan Act.
"We plan to get this work underway as quickly as possible, consistent with meeting our other oversight mandates and priorities, both in pandemic recovery programs as well as the other Treasury programs and operations for which we have responsibility.
Treasury will "specifically confirm whether interest earned on funds was utilized by Florida related to immigration activities, and if so, what conditions and limitations apply to such use," according to the letter.
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