The investigation was started after the employees had filed complaints about the handling of records related to protecting Gov. Ron DeSantis during his presidential campaign.
Two former Florida Department of Law Enforcement employees at the center of a fight over public records relating to Gov. Ron DeSantis' travel during his presidential campaign say the state agency is retaliating against them. | APFlorida’s main law enforcement agency launched an extensive investigation of two former employees who are tied to a contentious battle and litigation against the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis over the handling of public records.
Marie Mattox, a well-known employment and civil rights attorney in Tallahassee representing the two, noted the investigation was started after the employees had filed complaints about the handling of records and after one employee — Desguin — got a departure form from FDLE that showed that he was not resigning from the agency due to any misconduct.
Desguin’s and Carpenter’s tangle with the DeSantis administration occurred amid an ongoing legal fray with the Post. The news organization in July 2023 sued to obtain four separate public record requests, including a request for records dealing with DeSantis’ publicly-funded travel. The lawsuit came shortly after
This email from Carpenter was sent nearly two weeks after Desguin — who had been with FDLE since 2005 and had been chief of staff since 2022 — had been forced to retire. On December 1, the same day that Carpenter was fired, Mattox filed complaints with the Florida Commission on Human Relations.
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