PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A Florida Circuit Judge has ordered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to turn over records relating to the Sept. 14 migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard, an “exclusive haven” in Massachusetts.
On Oct. 25, Leon County Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh gave the DeSantis administration 20 days to provide records requested by the Florida Center for Government Accountability, stating that the administration did not comply with the state’s public-records law concerning the flights.
Before Marsh’s ruling, Andrew King, an attorney for DeSantis, argued that the administration was “working to fulfill numerous records requests stemming from the migrant flights.” He accused the center of “weaponizing” the public-records law to get ahead of other people or organizations seeking records….