John Morgan offers to recover $77 million invested in faulty unemployment website – for free

May 6, 2020 - Well-known Florida Attorney, John Morgan of Morgan & Morgan took to Twitter Tuesday to make Florida Governor Ron DeSantis "an offer that cannot be refused." Morgan offered his services and those of his attorneys to recoup the dollars spent on Florida's broken unemployment system for no cost. 

Right now our unemployment system in Florida is broken!! Here’s an offer to the state of Florida and @GovRonDeSantis that cannot be refused! pic.twitter.com/uUPvLqX2zk

— John Morgan (@JohnMorganESQ) May 6, 2020

  “We have a computer system that was broken day one," said Morgan. "It was bought for 77 million dollars by Rick Scott. Here’s my offer: Governor DeSantis turn me and my team loose and we will recover that money for the state of Florida and you know what I’ll charge you to do this? Zero, nothing, put every single penny back in your pocket and in the pocket of our unemployed.” Morgan's call for the recovery of $77 million comes after the state has faced weeks of criticism over its faulty CONNECT website. The Governor has called for an Inspector General probe of the initial spending for the website and the lack of safeguards in the site's development. To date, 1,829,812 unemployment claims have been filed in Florida, 769,843 claims have been processed. Of those claims, 481,497 have been paid and $1.17 billion has been distributed. Data from the Department of Labor shows Florida lagging behind all states - big and small - in unemployment claims processed. For the latest numbers, visit the state's unemployment dashboard here: http://lmsresources.labormarketinfo.com/covid19/index.html

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