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Ashley Moody points to agency reviews in Hope Florida response

CBS Miami's Jim DeFede examines a radio interview that he says leaves the central question about the settlement money unanswered.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 76,724 views a day, 31 times a normal first day on this channel (2,510).

Sen. Ashley Moody stumbles when asked about role in Hope Florida scandal

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0:07DeFede reports that an appeals court struck down a grand jury report concerning the Hope Florida settlement transfer.
2:02Munoz asks what Moody knew about settlement money that he says eventually went toward political advertising.
2:20Moody calls the renewed questions political and points to other agencies' legal reviews of the settlement.
3:35DeFede argues that Moody's response leaves unanswered what she knew about the money's destination.

CBS Miami host Jim DeFede puts a direct question at the center of his latest Facing South Florida segment: what did Ashley Moody know about where the Hope Florida settlement money was going?

The report revisits an exchange between the senator and WIOD radio host Manny Munoz. Munoz asks about $10 million from a settlement involving her office when she was Florida's attorney general, saying the money eventually went into political advertising.

Moody responds that the settlement was roughly two years earlier, describes the renewed questions as political and points to other agencies' reviews for legal sufficiency. She also says questions about the settlement should be directed to the agency involved.

DeFede's criticism is specific: those answers do not explain what Moody knew about the money's destination. Before playing the radio exchange, he shows an earlier attempt to question her at a press conference, with footage of her leaving in a car without answering.

The segment also reports that an appeals court struck down a grand jury report concerning the transfer. DeFede says that report had faulted Moody for allowing it.

The upload drew nearly 59,000 views in fourteen hours, far beyond the station's usual first-day audience. Its focus remains the question Munoz put to Moody, and whether her account of the review process answers it.

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