Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday lashed out after the Leon County State Attorney’s Office confirmed an open investigation related to a nonprofit linked to First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature Hope Florida program, saying there is “no basis” for a probe.

DeSantis assailed House Health Care Budget Chairman Alex Andrade, a Pensacola Republican who submitted records to State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office late last month after a House inquiry into the nonprofit Hope Florida Foundation .

Lori Abbey, a public-records administrator in Campbell’s office, said Tuesday in an email that the records are “part of an open, on-going investigation.”

“Just understand what happened, he (Andrade) took documents, and he dropped them in a prosecutor’s office,” the governor said Wednesday during a bill-si

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