Top DeSantis attorneys penned letters threatening to prosecute local TV stations over abortion ad, affidavit says
Top attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis penned the cease-and-desist letters sent by Florida’s health department threatening to criminally prosecute local TV stations over their airing of an abortion rights ad,
Court records show DeSantis’ office behind threats to broadcasters airing pro-abortion ad
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top lawyers prepared drafts of letters threatening criminal charges against broadcasters airing a pro-Amendment 4 ad to the Florida Department of Health’s legal counsel and told him to send them on the agency’s behalf,
Top Governor's Office Executives Drafted Letters Threatening Florida TV Stations Over Abortion Ads
"I received drafts of letters directly from Sam Elliott, Assistant General Counsel for the Executive Office of the Governor," the affidavit read.
DeSantis lawyers wrote threatening letters to TV stations, former health department attorney says
The former general counsel for the Florida Department of Health said he resigned rather than send more letters, which he said he did not write, threatening criminal charges against TV stations.
Florida Official Throws DeSantis Under Bus for Bid to Block Pro-Abortion Ads
The governor's administration has been trying to sabotage a ballot measure that could override his six-week abortion ban
DeSantis’ office drafted threats to Florida TV stations over abortion ads, lawyer says
John Wilson says he resigned as general counsel of the Florida Health Department when he was told to reach out again to TV stations.
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Florida Official Exposes DeSantis Role in Fascist Abortion Ad Fight
According to a sworn affidavit from John Wilson, general counsel for the Florida Department of Health, on Monday, DeSantis’s office directed him to send prewritten cease and desist letters to TV stations that aired political ads supporting Amendment 4, a ballot initiative to increase abortion access.
DeSantis' attorney said he quit after Florida threatened TV stations for airing pro-choice political ad
Court records show one of the state’s top attorneys resigned rather than fight to stop a pro-choice political ad from airing.
Lawyer says DeSantis’s office pressured him to send abortion ad letters to TV stations
A former attorney for the state of Florida says he resigned rather than continue sending cease-and-desist letters, which a federal judge has now called unconstitutional.
Ex-Health Dept Lawyer Says DeSantis’ Office Directed Him To Send Letters Threatening TV Stations
A former Florida Department of Health attorney said in a sworn affidavit that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) office’s top
Florida official says DeSantis’s office ordered him to threaten TV stations over abortion ads
John Wilson, general counsel for the Florida Department of Health, wrote in a sworn affidavit that officials from Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) office pushed him to threaten television stations with criminal prosecutions if they did not take down ads in support of a Florida abortion rights measure.
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