A former Florida Department of Health attorney said in a sworn affidavit that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) office’s top deputies drafted the letters threatening TV stations with criminal prosecution for airing ads that advocated for the passage of an abortion rights ballot measure, and directed him to send them to the stations.
The letters from Florida officials threatening television stations in the state are at the heart of what appears to be a pressure campaign orchestrated by the DeSantis administration against Amendment 4, the ballot measure that seeks to codify abortion access in the Sunshine State constitution if it passes in November.
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