Fort Myers’ PBS affiliate reports: After winning a decisive appellate court battle that required the Florida Department of Health to turn over COVID-19 data withheld from the public during the height of the pandemic, the legal battle over the records has ended with a settlement agreement. A media release from the Florida Center for Government …

After winning a decisive appellate court battle that required the Florida Department of Health to turn over COVID-19 data withheld from the public during the height of the pandemic, the legal battle over the records has ended with a settlement agreement.

  • magnetosphere@kbin.social
    78·
    1 year ago

    “The Department lied about the existence of these public records in court…”

    To me, this is a tremendous issue. This is perjury. Government agencies showing disrespect for court oaths is wholly unacceptable. Perjury at this level justifies prison time.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      49·
      1 year ago

      Not to mention: they targeted a state health official and her family with a SWAT raid because she was making DeSantis look bad by calling out the falsification.

      THAT is the authoritarianism that everyone is warning against. It’s not coming. It’s already here, and it has been for years.