Tag Archives: James Uthmeier

FL AG Subpoenas City Official Over Pride Drag Show

Florida Politics reports:  Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Tuesday he is subpoenaing Vero Beach Vice Mayor Linda Moore for an event she was involved in at a local wine bar, Kilted Mermaid. On June 29, the Pride Tea Dance took place at the establishment and featured drag queen performances, with the event’s promotion stating, “Pride is back baby, with a …

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FL Deletes Alligator Alcatraz Contracts From Database

The Miami New Times reports: State contracts related to Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention facility in the Florida Everglades, appear to have disappeared from the state’s public contract database. On Wednesday, Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani noticed that dozens of Alligator Alcatraz contracts on the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (FACTS) website were suddenly gone. Just a day prior, the Orlando state …

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Florida AG Claims Reports Of Inhumane Conditions Inside Trump’s Concentration Camp Are “Fake News”

The Miami Herald reports: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures that went from freezing to sweltering. A hospital visit. Giant bugs. And little or no access to showers or toothbrushes, much less confidential calls with attorneys. The men, whose identities the Herald is withholding due to their families’ fears that the …

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FEMA To Help Fund Florida “Alligator Alcatraz” Facility

The New York Times reports: The remote facility, comprised of large tents, and other planned facilities will cost the state around $450 million a year to run, but Florida can request some reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security. Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, a Trump ally who has …

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Florida AG Asks SCOTUS To Let Cops Arrest Migrants

The Hill reports: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the state to enforce its new immigration law as an appeal plays out in a lower court. The new law, SB 4-C, makes it a state crime for people to enter Florida after arriving in the U.S. illegally and evading immigration authorities. “Illegal …

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Florida AG Pitches “Alligator Alcatraz” As ICE Facility: “Nowhere To Go, Just Alligators And Pythons” [VIDEO]

“Florida’s been leading on immigration enforcement, supporting the Trump administration and ICE’s efforts to detain and deport criminal aliens. The governor tasks state leaders to identify places for new and temporary detention facilities. I think this is the best one. As I call it, Alligator Alcatraz. The 30-square-mile area is completely surrounded by the Everglades. It’s the perfect place to …

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Florida AG Found In Contempt For Defying Judge

NBC News reports: A federal judge found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt late Tuesday after he snubbed a court order in a high-profile immigration case and then boasted about it in interviews. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that Uthmeier offered “a series of implausible interpretations of the language he used” to argue he was complying with …

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Florida AG: We’re Sending State Troops To Help In CA

Florida Politics reports: Florida law enforcement can look forward to serving a federal mission on the road in the foreseeable future. That’s according to Attorney General James Uthmeier, who said that “we’ll be sending any resources we have to California to help the President carry out his mission.” Uthmeier’s comments, made on the Sean Hannity radio show, preceded Gov. Ron DeSantis …

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Florida AG Threatens Sheriff: Assist ICE Or Be Removed

Florida Politics reports: Attorney General James Uthmeier says Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony must enforce U.S. immigration laws, including arresting “illegal aliens (who) are responsible for horrific crimes,” or face removal from office. In a sharply worded letter posted to X, Uthmeier demanded clarification on Tony’s recent remarks about immigration enforcement. He called Tony’s statements, made during a June 3 budget …

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Florida AG: I’m Willing To Be Jailed For Defying Judge

Florida Politics reports: Attorney General James Uthmeier may be Florida’s top cop. But he’s also willing to risk lockdown to protect the state’s prerogatives in fighting illegal immigration. “I am not going to sign this letter to law enforcement telling them to stand down on a law when they’re not a party to the case,” he said, “And the Judge, …

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Florida AG Faces Contempt For Defying Federal Judge

Politico reports: A federal judge seemed wary of arguments during a Thursday court hearing that state Attorney General James Uthmeier, an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis, hadn’t tried to undermine her court order blocking a Florida immigration law. Yet U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said she would take the defense of Uthmeier’s attorney, Jesse Panuccio, into consideration and review a …

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FL Files Own Charges In Trump Assassination Attempt

Miami’s CBS affiliate reports: The man accused of plotting to kill President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club during the presidential campaign will face new charges – this time in the state of Florida. Accused would-be assassin Ryan Routh already faces federal charges after he allegedly hid outside the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club before …

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Florida Joins Challenge To Nuclear Safety Regulations

Florida Politics reports: James Uthmeier revealed that he had signed an opinion from Texas, Utah, and other states regarding a significant legal challenge against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The AG said Monday that a big reason was to let the federal government know Florida was ready to move and was tired of dithering from D.C. “For decades, Washington has …

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Florida AG: Troopers Are Working Around The Clock Protecting Tesla Dealerships From Elon Musk’s Critics

“These crazies say they’re going to go to dealerships and destroy Teslas protesting what Elon’s doing up in D.C. Again, I don’t know why we want to protest somebody that’s finding ways to save the American people hundreds of millions or billions in taxpayer dollars, but alas, there are people out there that want to cause damage. “Our troopers are …

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Florida Offers Cops Bounties To Catch Tesla Vandals

“We’re going to have law enforcement patrolling these dealerships. And I’ll tell you if you are a law enforcement officer in Florida and you interfere with somebody and prevent them from hurting a Tesla, come find me and I’m going to try to get you a pay raise and a promotion. These leftist protesters, they seem to be attacking Teslas …

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Florida AG: I Won’t Drop Criminal Probe Into Tates

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Attorney General isn’t backing down from his criminal investigation of Andrew and Tristan Tate, even as they may no longer be in the state. “To the best of my knowledge, the Tate brothers are not in Florida right now. The investigation is still ongoing,” Attorney General James Uthmeier said while speaking to reporters in Tampa. “These …

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Axios: Gaetz May Run For Florida Attorney General

Axios reports: Florida’s next attorney general could be the ex-congressman who almost became President Trump’s U.S. attorney general: Matt Gaetz. In a hypothetical primary matchup against Attorney General James Uthmeier, Gaetz was favored 39%-21%, according to a recent survey of likely Republican voters by Tony Fabrizio, one of the nation’s top pollsters who works for Donald Trump and several GOP …

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Florida AG Opens Criminal Probe Into Tate Brothers

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Tuesday said there was an “active criminal investigation” into the presence of the brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate in Florida after they flew here from Romania. Uthmeier’s comments on the internet personalities and self-proclaimed misogynists were posted to social media by Forrest Saunders, an EW Scripps television reporter based in Tallahassee. …

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Florida Sues Target For Having Sold Pride Merchandise: “Corporate Bullies” Who Want To “Indoctrinate Children”

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: Florida is facing off with a retail giant over claims the store’s political correctness cost the state’s public employees retirement fund millions. Newly sworn-in Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, whose predecessor Ashley Moody replaced Marco Rubio in the Senate, filed a class-action lawsuit against Target Corporation, accusing the retailer of misleading and defrauding investors by concealing …

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DeSantis Taps Chief Of Staff As Florida Attorney General

“I’m honored and humbled to be appointed by Gov. DeSantis as the next Attorney General of the Free State of Florida. I’m excited to get to work, build on Ashley Moody’s fine record, help enact the Donald Trump agenda, and defend our people, our constitution, and our Florida way of life!” – James Uthmeier, DeSantis’s chief of staff, on replacing …

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