DeSantis draws second ethics complaint over presidential ramp-up
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ groundwork for a potential presidential campaign has drawn a second ethics complaint, this time coming from the head of the Florida Democratic Party.
The complaint centers on whether money DeSantis’ political committee spent on a three-day retreat at a Palm Beach resort hotel was an improper gift to the Republican governor. DeSantis in late February huddled with donors and Republican elected officials such as Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Tom Cotton of Arkansas at the Four Seasons at an event that was billed as a celebration of the “Florida blueprint.”
Campaign records show that Friends of Ron DeSantis paid the Four Seasons more than $235,0...
