Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has thrown woke Soros prosecutor Monique Worrell, State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, out of office. This is the second Soros prosecutor he's removed from office.
No other governor has ever removed a Soros prosecutor.
8:34 AM · Aug 9, 2023
Ian Miles Cheong
@stillgray
DeSantis is getting rid of another Soros state attorney for refusing to prosecute criminals at double the rate of any other prosecutor in the state. State Attorney Monique H. Worrell, who serves Orange and Osceola Counties, is out.
Her refusal to do her job caused two police officers to be shot and for a woman to be murdered.
8:33 AM · Aug 9, 2023
Ron DeSantis suspends Orlando prosecutor from office
By Christopher Cann | Sun Sentinel
PUBLISHED: August 9, 2023 at 8:38 a.m. | UPDATED: August 9, 2023 at 9:01 a.m.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced the suspension of Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, a decision that has been looming over the prosecutor since February, when the governor condemned her office following a deadly shooting spree in Pine Hills.
At a press conference, DeSantis said Worrell and her office has been “clearly and constitutionally derelict” in her duty and said her policies justify her removal from office. Andrew A. Bain, a judge in Orange and Osceola counties, has been appointed by the governor.
DeSantis said Worrell had a pattern or practice to avoid minimum mandatory sentences for gun crimes, drug trafficking offenses and a pattern to allow juveniles to avoid serious charges or incarceration altogether. He also accused her office of limiting charges for child pornography. ...
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