Former Florida law enforcement official claims wrongful termination, accuses agency and Gov. Ron DeSantis of retaliation
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A former top official for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is accusing the agency and Florida governor, Ron DeSantis of retaliating against him after he disclosed alleged misconduct by them.
A former top official for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is accusing the agency and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of retaliating against him after he disclosed alleged misconduct by them. Shane Desguin says he was forced to resign from his job as chief of staff last year after he refused to comply with “directives” he felt violated the law or were inappropriate, according to a whistleblower lawsuit filed this week in Leon County Circuit Court. He also accuses DeSantis and FDLE officials of violating the privacy rights of migrants, withholding public records and calling for the arrests of neo-Nazi protesters in what Desguin argued would have been a violation of their First Amendment rights. “(Desguin) was subjected to disparate treatment, different terms and conditions of employment, and held to a different standard because he reported Defendants’ misfeasance, malfeasance, gross misconduct and unlawful employment activities and was subject to retaliation thereafter,” the 16-page lawsuit states. “FDLE has not been noticed of this suit and we do not comment on any pending litigation. However, an internal investigation evidenced numerous acts of gross misconduct by Desguin,” FDLE said in a statement to CNN. “As evidenced by the findings of this investigation (which included the testimonies of dozens of employees), Shane Desguin and Patricia Carpenter created workplace chaos, endangered the safety of other employees, and acted dishonestly and unprofessionally.
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