IS PART OF THE ROUTE, SAFE TRAVELS. THAT’S A LOOK AT YOU, KEITH. KRISTEN. TOYOTA TIME
SAVER TRAFFIC.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: MOTIVATION
IS THE CRITICAL ISSUE IN THE
TRIAL OF WARREN VERSUS
DESANTIS WHICH GETS UNDERWAY
IN TALLAHASSEE TODAY IN
AUGUST. GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
UNCEREMONIOUSLY REMOVED
HILLSBOROUGH STATE ATTORNEY
ANDREW WARREN FROM OFFICE
POINTING TO PLEDGES WARREN
SIGNED WITH OTHER ELECTED
PROSECUTORS ACROSS THE NATION
NOT TO PROSECUTE CASES
INVOLVING ABORTION OR
TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE.
WARREN, A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT
WHO, BY THE WAY, NEVER REFUSED
TO PROSECUTE A CASE ON EITHER
ISSUE. ACCUSED THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR OF POLITICAL
RETALIATION AND VIOLATING HIS
RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. JOINING
ME ON THE MORNING SHOW,
JONATHAN MILLER, A LITIGATOR
IN CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER FROM
THE PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
LET’S GET SOME MUCH FOR HAVING
ME. IT’S OUR PLEASURE. LET’S
GET TO THE ISSUE OF
MOTIVATION. IS THERE A LEGAL
FOUNDATION FOR THE GOVERNOR’S
MOVE OR IS THIS A CLEAR CASE
OF POLITICAL MOTIVATION?
>> WELL, WHAT THE DOCUMENTS
THAT WE’VE UNCOVERED THROUGH
PUBLIC RECORDS SHOW ON WHAT
THE TRIAL WILL SHOW THIS WEEK
IS THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS SAYS
REMOVAL AND FROM WARREN WAS A
POLITICAL PLOY. GOVERNOR
DESANTIS TERMINATED FOR WARREN
BROWN RIGHT ON THE TUCKER
CARLSON SHOW. HE WAS TO SCORE
POLITICAL POINTS. GOVERNOR’S
POWER TO REMOVE STATE
OFFICIALS INSTEAD,
EXTRAORDINARY POWER IT IN
STRIDE IN THE STATE
CONSTITUTION. BUT IT’S NOT A
POWER THAT USED CASUALLY AND
CERTAINLY NOT FOR PUBLIC
LANDS. BUT HERE, GOVERNOR
DESANTIS FOR AND PROSECUTED
PROSECUTOR SIMPLY BECAUSE
DISAGREE WITH THE PROSECUTORS,
POLITICS A PLAIN AND SIMPLE
USE OF POWER.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO THE
COURT’S GOING TO DECIDE
WHETHER ANDREW WARREN’S
REMOVAL WAS ILLEGAL AND A
VIOLATION OF HIS FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS. YOUR
THOUGHTS?
>> LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ON
THIS. THIS REMOVAL WAS ILLEGAL
AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS A
PROSECUTOR, ANDREW WARREN HAS
THE POWER AND THE AUTHORITY TO
SET PRIORITIES. EXERCISE
DISCRETION USE HIS AUTHORITY
IN THE WAY THAT HE THINKS BEST
REFLECTS THE VALUES THAT HE’S
IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT’S
SOMETHING PROSECUTORS YOU
EVERY DAY EVERY HOUR THAT
THEY’RE ON THE JOB. BUT
GOVERNOR DESANTIS DISAGREED
WITH THE ARE CONSIDERED HIM A
POLITICAL OPPONENT. AND SO YOU
REMOVE YOUR MOVEMENT BECAUSE
DISAGREEMENT ON USE ON
ABORTION. MOVING BECAUSE OF A
DISAGREEMENT ON LGBTQ
EQUALITY. THAT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT. THIS REMOVAL AND
MEMBER THINGS LIKE WHEN
OFFICIAL DOESN’T SHOW UP FOR
WORK OR GAUGES AND ACTIVITY
THERE’S A POLITICAL
DISAGREEMENT ABOUT
PRIORITIZATION.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: I WANT TO
GET MORE TO THE ISSUE OF
DISCRETION IN A MINUTE. BUT
FIRST, WANT TO TALK ABOUT
WARREN’S ATTORNEYS BEING
WILLING TO AVOID LETTING
GOVERNOR DESANTIS TESTIFY IN A
DEPOSITION FOR NOW AS LONG AS
THEY COULD PUT HIM ON THE
WITNESS STAND LATER, EVEN
THOUGH THE JUDGE AS MUCH AS
SAID, THE GOVERNOR’S THOUGHTS
AND MOTIVATIONS ARE CRUCIAL TO
THIS CASE. A STRATEGIC MOVE
FOR THE WARRANTING.
>> WELL, IT CERTAINLY MADE ME
PRETTY INTERESTING SPECTACLE
THAT HAVE GOVERNOR DESANTIS ON
THE WITNESS STAND. BUT THE
GOVERNOR’S TESTIMONY IS NOT
NEEDED FOR THE CASE. THERE ARE
PLENTY OF WITNESSES AND
DOCUMENTS THAT CAN SPEAK TO
THE GOVERNOR’S TRUE
MOTIVATION. LET ME GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE IN SOME OF THE
DOCUMENTS THE GOVERNOR’S
OFFICE PUT TOGETHER AN
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL COST OF
EVER SEE IN FRONT OF THE
DECISION INJURE WAR. THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ESTIMATED IN
THOSE DOCUMENTS, 2.4 MILLION
DOLLARS ME AND THAT THEY
RECEIVE FROM NEWS AROUND THE
REMOVAL. THEY WERE SO
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESS
INTEREST. THEY CALCULATED THE
VALUE. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
DOCUMENTS. INFORMATION WILL
COME OUT TRIAL.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO IS THIS
CASE MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST
ANDREW WARREN ISN’T THE BIGGER
QUESTION. THE ABILITY OF
PROSECUTORS TO EMPLOY
PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION AS IT
IS AND DISCRETION, SOMETHING
THEY ROUTINELY EMPLOY.
>> CERTAINLY THE CASE IS MUCH
BIGGER THAN JUST ABOUT TO
ENTER WARREN. AND THAT’S TRUE.
I THINK FOR FLORIDA AND
NATIONALLY IN FLORIDA, THIS IS
PART OF A TROUBLING TREND FROM
GOVERNOR CAN CAN DO REALLY ANY
DESCENDED LASHED OUT AGAINST
ANYONE WHO DISAGREES AND
NATIONWIDE. YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY
CORRECT. THERE ARE THREATS
AROUND THE POWER PROSECUTORS
TO EXERCISE THAT DISCRETION TO
IMPLEMENT REFORMS THAT ABLE
PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEY’RE
ACTUALLY NOW A LOT OF STUDIES
AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT SHOW
THINGS LIKE REMOVING CASH,
REFUSING TO PROSECUTE CERTAIN
TYPES OF OFFENSES, ACTUALLY
IMPROVE COMMUNITY SAFETY. BUT
KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER BY
KEEPING PEOPLE ARE IN MONEY.
AND BY KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO WE’RE SEEING NATIONWIDE
PUSH BACK, PARTICULARLY BY
CONSERVATIVE STATE
LEGISLATURES TO THIS
DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY FOR
PROSECUTORS. AND YOU BASICALLY
ELIMINATE ABILITY OF COMMUNITY
IS TO LEADERS THAT REFLECT
THEIR VALUES AND IMPLEMENT THE
CHANGES THAT THEY WANT TO SEE
WITHIN THEIR CITIES AND CAPS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: JONATHAN
MILLER, WE’LL SEE WHERE THE
COURT RULES RULES AND UNDER
WARREN’S FAVOR. HE HOPES TO BE
BACK IN HIS OFFICE SHORTLY
AFTER THAT COURT RULING.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR