Court records show DeSantis’ office behind threats to broadcasters airing proabortion ad
Oct 21, 2024
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, court records revealed Monday. John Wilson, former general counsel to the health department, wrote in an affidavit that officials from the governor’s office told him to sign his name to the Oct. 3 letters threatening television stations airing an ad from Floridians Protecting Freedom, the sponsor of the abortion-rights amendment.