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Jessica Corbett

MYSTERIOUS: Markey heads probe of desantis stunt - What They Never Told You

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the University of Miami Health System Don Soffer Clinical Research Center on May 17, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey led six fellow Massachusetts Democrats in the House Friday in calling on the Treasury Department to investigate GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' apparent abuse of federal Covid-19 relief funds to send two flights of migrants to Martha's Vineyard this week.

Markey and Reps. Jake Auchincloss, Bill Keating, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayanna Pressley, and Lori Trahan sent a letter to the department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) given the governor's use of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) "to cruelly relocate vulnerable immigrants from Florida to other states across the country."

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