Appeals court orders Hope Florida grand jury report expunged

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Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ordered a grand jury report on the Hope Florida Foundation’s handling of $10 million to be expunged, WUSF reports. The court said the settlement arrangement was legal because no civil case had been filed, and criticized the state attorney’s disclosure of the confidential report. The panel had not indicted anyone. The ruling addresses the report’s status and the settlement’s legality, but does not discuss Attorney General James Uthmeier’s role in the arrangement or later use of the funds.