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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Chandler

Court hears appeal by prosecutor suspended by DeSantis

Tampa Bay Times

Federal appeals judges on Tuesday heard arguments over whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrongly suspended an elected state prosecutor last year after comments he made opposing abortion prosecutions.

The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in an appeal filed by Andrew Warren in seeking to regain his job. The Republican governor last year suspended Warren, a twice-elected state attorney for Florida's Hillsborough County and a Democrat, accusing him of neglect of duty.

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