DeSantis Didn’t Report $$$ Golf Simulator From Donor

June 21, 2023 Politics, Republicans

After Ron DeSantis, an avid golfer, moved into the Florida governor’s mansion in 2019, workers installed a golf simulator worth tens of thousands of dollars in the private pool cabana so he could practice his game. But DeSantis did not pay for the simulator. Neither did the state government. Instead, it was funded by a wealthy donor and prominent businessman, Morteza Hosseini, according to four sources familiar with the matter and state government records.

The donation, previously undisclosed, was never reported as a gift by DeSantis, the top rival to former President Donald Trump in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Florida mostly allows officials to receive gifts as long as they are disclosed and won’t influence their official work. However, the golf simulator transaction appears to have been structured to avoid Florida’s rigorous ethical disclosure requirements, said two governance experts in Florida.

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What is in Ron DeSantis’s pool cabana? A donation worth tens of thousands of dollars, from a wealthy donor. Exclusive from @jtanfani and me https://t.co/C4pmPQpB59

— Aram Roston (@AramRoston) June 21, 2023