Judge blocks request to depose top DeSantis aides in travel records lawsuit

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Judge blocks request to depose top DeSantis aides in travel records lawsuit
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The legal wrangling over the records started last summer.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends the drivers meeting prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 19, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Florida. | Jared C. Tilton/Getty ImagesTALLAHASSEE, Florida — A Florida judge is blocking attorneys from the Washington Post from questioning several current and former aides about a behind-the-scenes fight to keep secret the publicly-funded travel records of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Post said it had worked out an arrangement with FDLE lawyers to get the records it had requested. But then the agency informed the news organization that it would not turn all the records over and cited various reasons, including the 2023 law “During the phone call from Kamoutsas … COS Desguin asked why and was told that Janine ‘is not on our team,’” Carpenter wrote in the email. “COS Desguin then asked if he could give her another position and increase and was told ‘no, she is lucky she even has a fucking job.’”

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