Citing attorney-client privilege, Jeff Aaron won't appear in House Committee probing Hope Florida

Florida House ending Hope Florida investigation after witnesses decline to testify

MIAMI – House lawmakers are ending their probe into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Hope Florida Foundation without hearing testimony from the organization’s lawyer or leaders of two groups that got $5 million grants from the charity.

Citing attorney-client privilege, Jeff Aaron won't appear in House Committee probing Hope Florida

Hope Florida’s lawyer won’t attend Friday’s scheduled meeting of the Health Care Budget Subcommittee after all. In a letter to Chair Alex Andrade, Orlando lawyer Jeff Aaron says he is “very disappointed” that he must decline his voluntary appearance. Aaron says he has “been informed that some board members have decided not to waive their attorney-client privilege.” Andrade has spent the last few weeks trying to understand how $10 million from a …

Florida had a $67 million settlement, then moved to help Hope Florida

Florida had a $67 million Medicaid settlement, then moved to help Hope Florida

House halts Hope Florida probe | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

By Dara Kam Rep. Alex Andrade, a Pensacola Republican who chairs the House Health Care Budget Subcommittee, announced the decision after the Hope Florida Foundation’s lawyer, Jeff Aaron, and leaders of nonprofits that received $5 million grants from the foundation refused to appear before the panel. Andrade has spent weeks scrutinizing the foundation’s receipt of $10 million as part of a $67 million legal settlement that Centene, Florida’s large…