Report: Gov. Scott, wife invest heavily in parent firm of Brightline, All Aboard Florida
Gov. Rick Scott and his wife Ann have invested heavily in the parent company of All Aboard Florida and its Brightline passenger railroad, despite Scott's public assertions, until recently, that neither he nor the state had anything to do with the company or its Brightline subsidiary, the Miami Herald reported.
Recently disclosed financial documents show the Scotts in 2017 invested at least $3 million in a credit fund for Fortress Investment Group, All Aboard Florida's parent company, according to the Herald.
Scott — who in 2011 rejected a $2.4 billion federal grant for a bullet train between Orlando and Tampa — in June accepted Brightline's unsolicited proposal to run along the same route. The state said it also would accept other proposals for high-speed Orlando-Tampa passenger-rail service.