U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist. a former Florida governor and attorney general, has requested that the U.S. Department of Justice investigate concerns over alleged favoritism in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ vaccine distribution in Manatee County. In a letter to acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson, Crist said DeSantis established “coronavirus vaccine distribution and administration sites to benefit political allies and donors, over the needs of higher-risk communities and existing county waitlists.” “I request that the Department of Justice determine if the Governor’s blatantly political vaccine distributions, which did not seem to be in the public’s best interest, violate federal law and merit a full federal investigation,” Crist wrote.