ORLANDO, Fla. — A state agency that regulates charities has opened an investigation into a dark-money nonprofit that played a key role in Florida’s “ghost” candidate scandal.
Nikki Fried, the commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, said her department is probing whether the organization, known as “Let’s Preserve the American Dream,” has fully complied with state laws governing nonprofits that solicit funding in Florida.
Fried, a Democrat who is running for governor, declined to elaborate.
