Fired by DeSantis, Florida Prosecutors Seek Jobs and Discretion

Two progressive prosecutors removed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are fighting to get their jobs back on Tuesday.

Andrew Warren and Monique Worrell, both of whom DeSantis said refused to enforce the state’s laws, are asking voters to reinstate them as Thirteenth and Ninth Judicial District State Attorneys, respectively. It’s not clear whether, if reelected, DeSantis will remove them again. In comments at a public roundtable, DeSantis indicated that he’d consider it.

DeSantis’ actions have created a possible roadmap for Donald Trump and other conservative governors battling locally-elected liberal prosecutors, national criminal law leaders say.

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