TALLAHASSEE — A criminal investigation related to millions of dollars steered from a Florida Medicaid settlement to the state-created Hope Florida Foundation entered a new phase on Tuesday, with two key figures appearing to have testified before a grand jury.

State Rep. Alex Andrade, a Republican who led a House investigation this spring into whether Medicaid settlement money was passed through the foundation to a political committee controlled by the governor’s chief of staff, was seen entering the Leon County Courthouse around 12:30 p.m.

Andrade has accused Florida’s attorney general and the charity’s lawyer of using the Medicaid settlement to fund a campaign to defeat an amendment last year to legalize recreational marijuana. Money from Medicaid settlements is highly regulated.

Andra

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