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,
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 deputies drafted the letters threatening TV stations with criminal prosecution
Florida official who quit after letter to TV stations over abortion ad blames DeSantis’ office
John Wilson, who has resigned as the Florida Department of Health’s general counsel, said in an affidavit that DeSantis’ office wrote the cease-and-desist letters and told him to “send them under my name.
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.
DeSantis attorney said he quit after Florida threatened TV stations for airing pro-choice political ad
In an affidavit filed Monday morning as part of an ongoing federal court case over the state’s threatening letters to TV stations, John Wilson, the former general counsel for the Florida Department of Health, stated he “did not draft the letters or participate in any discussion about the letters prior to October 3, 2024.”
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.
Federal judge: DeSantis can’t threaten Florida TV stations airing pro-abortion rights ad
A Tallahassee-based federal judge Thursday evening ordered Gov. DeSantis’ administration to stop threatening TV stations with criminal prosecution.
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.
DeSantis administration pushes back in fight to block abortion rights TV ad
As Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies continue to attack a ballot proposal aimed at enshrining abortion rights in the state Constitution, his administration pushed back in a legal battle about the
DeSantis administration pushes back in fight to block TV ads backing abortion measure
Attorneys accuse Floridians Protecting Freedom of “intentionally spreading false factual information” about a law restricting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
A list of all the ways DeSantis has tried to meddle in Florida’s abortion ballot measure
Officials in Republican states have waged legal battles and other efforts to thwart abortion ballot measures or to influence their language. Florida stands out.
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 ...
‘It’s the First Amendment, stupid’: Federal judge blasts DeSantis administration for threats against TV stations
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker granted a temporary restraining order against Florida’s surgeon general after the ...
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Ashley Moody says state acted ‘appropriately’ to threaten TV stations over pro-abortion ad
Attorney General Ashley Mood y defended the health department’s cease and desist letters threatening TV stations with ...