"Florida CFO Rejects Plan to Use Taxpayer Money for Trump's Legal Bills"

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has announced the filing of SB 1740, which aims to create the Florida Freedom Fighters Fund providing up to $5 million in grant funding for legal defense of Florida residents running for President facing legal, partisan, political attacks. The fund would be frontloaded from the state’s Public Campaign Finance - Matching Funds Program and backfilled from voluntary donations via driver’s license registrations. Senator Ileana Garcia, who introduced the bill, emphasized the importance of supporting Florida Presidential candidates like Donald Trump, citing ongoing legal challenges faced by him and potential future candidate Governor DeSantis.