DeSantis appointee resigns in protest of “unconscionable” raid on COVID whistleblower
SalonA Republican official in Florida resigned on Tuesday in protest of Gov. Filipkowski, a former state and federal prosecutor, said in his resignation letter that he was "increasingly alarmed" by DeSantis' "reckless and irresponsible" pandemic response but the raid on Jones was "unconscionable." Jones denied that she was behind the message and accused DeSantis of trying to "intimidate scientists" into silence. Filipowski said there was "no way" a "small" law enforcement agency like the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which reports directly to DeSantis, went ahead with the raid without clearance. "You're using law enforcement in intimidating people who are trying to tell the truth and now we are crossing over to my whole life as a prosecutor, employer, crusader," he said.
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