Ron DeSantis makes a statement on holding government officials accountable, at the Ron Cochran Public Safety Complex courtyard on Jan. 11, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. - Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS
MIAMI — In his more than four years in office, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has exercised his executive powers more aggressively and selectively to remove elected officials from office than any of his recent predecessors. The list includes mayors, school board members, a sheriff and now, the second Democratic state prosecutor, Orlando State Attorney Monique Worrell of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Florida law allows a governor to suspend elected and appointed officials for wrongdoing that includes the commission of a felony, neglect of duty, malfeasance, incompetence and habitual drunkenness. The g...
