Florida Prosecutors Are Investigating a Charity Tied to Casey DeSantis

Prosecutors in Florida are investigating a charity tied to Casey DeSantis, the state’s first lady, after the nonprofit gave $10 million to political committees backing a campaign led by her husband, Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican.

The nature of the investigation is unclear. Any records related to the charity, the Hope Florida Foundation, are exempt from public release as “part of an open, ongoing investigation,” Lori Abbey, a public records custodian for the state attorney’s office in Leon County, Fla., said on Wednesday. The state attorney, Jack Campbell, a Democrat, declined to comment.

The charity is the fund-raising arm of Hope Florida, a project that Ms. DeSantis started in 2021 with the aim of keeping people off public assistance. Her goal was to connect low-income families with churches and local groups that might help them with housing, food or other needs.