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The New York Times reports:
Ahead of an expected White House bid, Mr. DeSantis has relied heavily on his rich allies to ferry him around the country to test his message and raise his profile. Ethics experts said the travel — and specifically the role of the nonprofit — shows how Mr. DeSantis’s prolonged candidate-in-limbo status has allowed him to work around rules intended to keep donors from wielding secret influence. As a declared federal candidate, he would face far stricter requirements for accepting and reporting such donations.
Representatives for the governor’s office and for Mr. DeSantis’s political operation declined to comment or provide details about who has arranged and paid for his flights. Mr. DeSantis has aggressively navigated his state’s ethics and campaign finance laws to avoid flying commercial. And he has gone to new lengths to prevent transparency: Last week, he signed a bill making travel records held by law enforcement, dating back to the beginning of his term, exempt from public records requests.
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Ahead of his expected White House bid, Ron DeSantis has relied heavily on rich allies for private air travel around the U.S., a New York Times review found. Some of these donors have business interests in Florida. Others have been shielded from the public. https://t.co/OxH5csJhuP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 20, 2023
A half dozen lobbyists and donors who spoke with The Times said they became accustomed to calls from the governor’s political aides asking for planes — in one case, for a last-minute trip home from out of state and, more recently, for a flight to Japan.https://t.co/iwUGphe2EV
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) May 20, 2023
Lobbyists & donors say they’re accustomed to calls from Ron DeSantis’ aides asking for planes.
DeSantis took several private jet rides—and flights bankrolled by a secretly-funded nonprofit formed as he began to test the waters for a presidential run.https://t.co/47yjcq47qS
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) May 20, 2023