Broward County State Attorney's Office To Investigate Alleged Corruption By Miami Officials

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has recused herself and her office in the ongoing investigation into corruption claims made by former Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo.

The Broward County State Attorney's Office will take over over the investigation after Governor Ron DeSantis ordered Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor to take it over.

According to a letter sent to the governor, Fernandez Rundle discovered a conflict of interest, saying that, "a substantial witness to potential wrongdoing is the brother of a senior attorney" in her office.

The investigation was opened when weeks before being fired, Acevedo wrote a memo accusing City of Miami commissioners Joe Carollo, Alex de la Portilla and Manolo Reyes of corruption.