Monique Worrell, the twice-elected state attorney for Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit in Central Florida, responded forcefully Tuesday to what she described as a credible rumor she is again about to be suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis. “Last night I received a phone call from someone telling me that my removal was imminent and that I was going […]
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State attorney drops charges for Pulse crosswalk arrests
A total of six people were arrested by state troopers last year for chalking over or near a formerly rainbow-hued crosswalk outside Pulse.
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Murder charge dropped in road rage case eyed by Uthmeier, but Orlando woman is still going to prison
The local case took on a statewide angle when Uthmeier in September publicly bashed Orlando Democratic State Attorney Monique Worrell
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Florida AG accuses Monique Worrell of refusing to prosecute pedophiles
‘This is systematic abuse. This is gross negligence,’ Uthmeier said
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Florida AG hints suspension for Orlando state attorney Worrell again
It would be the latest strike in a lengthy feud between the DeSantis administration and Worrell
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Florida AG James Uthmeier wants to help Orlando state attorney Monique Worrell prosecute more cases
Worrell and Uthmeier have sparred in just the last week
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Revised lawsuit says DeSantis ‘disenfranchised’ voters by suspending Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell
The federal lawsuit alleges that DeSantis’ decision violated due-process and First Amendment rights
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Florida Supreme Court upholds DeSantis’ suspension of Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell
Worrell responded by saying the court ‘rubber-stamped a political stunt’
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Suspended Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell qualifies to run for old position
Two prosecutors suspended by Gov. DeSantis qualified to run in November for their old positions
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DeSantis wants to ‘establish a precedent’ of removing elected officials, says lawyers for suspended Orlando State Attorney
“Florida voters, the governor claims, not only know of his suspension power but also expect him to use it.”
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Former U.S. attorneys general back DeSantis in ousting Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell
The brief accused Worrell of not enforcing ‘entire categories of laws that did not comport with her policy preferences’
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DeSantis fires back on a challenge to his suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell
Worrell filed the petition at the Supreme Court in an attempt to get her job back
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Florida sheriffs back DeSantis in ousting Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell
The sheriffs association made almost-identical accusations as those in DeSantis’ executive order
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Five former Florida Supreme Court justices support reinstatement of State Attorney Monique Worrell
Two friend-of-the-court briefs urge the state Supreme Court to find that DeSantis exceeded authority in suspending Worrell
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Monique Worrell asks Florida Supreme Court to reverse DeSantis’ move to suspend her
‘Ms. Worrell was elected to serve as state attorney, not the governor,’ Worrell’s lawyers wrote in a 46-page petition
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After DeSantis suspends Worrell, her chief of staff is fired while on maternity leave
Law enforcement showed up at Keisha Mulfort’s doorstep the day after DeSantis issued an executive order suspending state attorney Monique Worrell
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This letter from State Attorney Monique Worrell to Gov. Ron DeSantis is the spiciest thing you’ll see on the internet today
Words were NOT minced
