Florida Prosecutor Reveals Real Reasons She Landed in DeSantis’ Crosshairs

A 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.

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