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Gov. DeSantis-appointed trial judge faces public reprimand for shooting comment

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A Florida judge appointed by Governor DeSantis faces a public reprimand from the state Supreme Court. The judge made inappropriate comments suggesting he wanted a deputy to shoot three attorneys.

A Second Judicial Circuit judge who made “intemperate and caustic comments” and lamented that he’d like to tell his deputy “to pull his gun and shoot” a trio of attorneys is being ordered to appear before the Florida Supreme Court for a public reprimand. Released Thursday, the Supreme Court disciplinary ruling tracks the Judicial Qualifying Commission’s […]

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