TAMPA, Fla. — It’s official: Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking a federal judge to exempt him from giving a deposition about his motivation for suspending Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren.
The Florida governor’s lawyers had indicated in court filings they would try to shield DeSantis from having to give a deposition in the lawsuit Warren filed to try to get his job back. In a motion this week, DeSantis’ lawyers said neither the governor nor his chief of staff, James Uthmeier, should have to submit to questioning under oath.
“Mr. Warren can no more depose the governor and his chief of staff than a plaintiff suing President (Joe) Biden for an allegedly discriminatory executive action could depose the president or his chief of staff, Ron Klain,” the motion contends.
