Why did the Girondins demand that Georges Danton account for secret expenditures from the Ministry of Justice?

The Girondins, who served as the moderate wing of the French Revolution, demanded that Georges Danton render an accounting of his finances when he left his post as minister of justice in September 1792.1

The demand was part of a broader political conflict between the Girondins and Danton, who had attempted to pursue a policy of conciliation between Revolutionary parties. The Girondins specifically sought an explanation for 200,000 livres of secret expenditures that Danton had made during his tenure, which he was unable to justify. This confrontation significantly diminished Danton's political prestige and deepened the irreparable rift between him and the Girondin faction.1