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Florida Prosecutor Reveals Real Reasons She Landed in DeSantis' Crosshairs
The Daily Beast via Yahoo NewsA Florida prosecutor who found herself in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crosshairs this week has fired back in an interview with The Daily Beast, fingering her local sheriff as among those who painted a target on her back months ago in the leadup to a “ridiculous witch hunt” by the state’s top lawmakers.
And she went a step further, accusing Orange County Sheriff John Mina—with whom she closely works—of his own missteps during a previous case involving the alleged killer in what has now become a politically fraught murder probe.
Florida State Attorney Monique Worrell, the Orlando attorney tasked with prosecuting the killer in the shocking triple-murder of 9-year-old girl, a 38-year-old woman and a local news reporter last week, emerged as the next Democratic prosecutor targeted by DeSantis after his office booted Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren earlier this year over his refusal to prosecute abortion patients. After a trial, a federal judge ruled Warren’s ouster was unconstitutional but that there was nothing the judge could do to stop DeSantis’ crusade.
And she went a step further, accusing Orange County Sheriff John Mina—with whom she closely works—of his own missteps during a previous case involving the alleged killer in what has now become a politically fraught murder probe.
Florida State Attorney Monique Worrell, the Orlando attorney tasked with prosecuting the killer in the shocking triple-murder of 9-year-old girl, a 38-year-old woman and a local news reporter last week, emerged as the next Democratic prosecutor targeted by DeSantis after his office booted Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren earlier this year over his refusal to prosecute abortion patients. After a trial, a federal judge ruled Warren’s ouster was unconstitutional but that there was nothing the judge could do to stop DeSantis’ crusade.
Days later, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and DeSantis both piled on criticism of Worrell’s handling of Moses’ prior cases, many of which took place before her term. (Moses’ “lengthy criminal history” included gun charges, aggravated battery and assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and grand theft charges, Mina told reporters.)
“I know the state attorney in Orlando thinks that you don’t prosecute people, and that’s the way that somehow you have better communities. That does not work,” DeSantis told reporters on Monday.
“If the failures we suspect are confirmed, Gov. DeSantis would be right to remove her,” Scott echoed in a tweet.
The governor’s general counsel, who oversaw the ousting of Warren, also sent a letter to Worrell demanding extensive information about Moses’ past and attacking her for what they claimed were her failures to keep him off the street.
“I know the state attorney in Orlando thinks that you don’t prosecute people, and that’s the way that somehow you have better communities. That does not work,” DeSantis told reporters on Monday.
“If the failures we suspect are confirmed, Gov. DeSantis would be right to remove her,” Scott echoed in a tweet.
The governor’s general counsel, who oversaw the ousting of Warren, also sent a letter to Worrell demanding extensive information about Moses’ past and attacking her for what they claimed were her failures to keep him off the street.
