florida governor, ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected prosecutor just last year, why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis and now a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but, as a federal judge he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming, i know that we talked when this first happened so i ve been curiously following this particular suit, and the federal judge did take governor desantis word for the suspension, but, he upheld it, why do you think that was in your opinion? thank you for having me back. as you said, the judge took the governor s to task. the governor violated federal and state law in suspending me. he said that t
florida governor ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected democratic prosecutor just last year. why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis, but now a federal judge has dismissed that lawsuit, saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but as a federal judge, he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and in the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming. i know we talked when this first actually happened. so i ve been curiously following this particular suit. and the federal judge did take governor desantis to task for his handling of your suspension, but he ultimately upheld it. tell me why you think that is and what s your reaction. well, thanks so much for having me back, laura. as you said, the judge took the governor to
is not based on politics, and in fact, it s about your job performance. because of that, do you have an intention to appeal, is there a mechanicism you will pursue to get reinstated. the fact that the governor s spokesperson came out and said something clearly contrary to what the order says, it just shows, i mean, they live in alternate reality where the judge says there s absolutely no misconduct, andrew hasn t done anything wrong and they re saying, see, it s exactly what we said, he did something wrong. it shows that they will say anything to promote their own agenda. in terms of next steps, we ll figure that out. this was never a fight about me and my job, this was the battle of democracy, for free speech and the integrity of our elections.
being conveyed that somehow this is not based on politics and, in fact, about your job performance. because of that, do you have an intention to appeal? is there a mechanism you will pursue to try to get reinstated in some way? what can be done now? sure. well, there are a lot of things to unpack in there. first of all, the fact that the governor s spokesperson came out and said something that is clearly contrary to what the order says, it just shows i m mean they live in this alternate reality. it s an orwellian world where the judge says there s absolutely no misconduct. andrew hasn t done anything. and they say, see, exactly what we said. desomething wrong. it shows they will do anything to promote their own radical agenda. in terms of rough steps, we re evaluating that at this point. but this was never a fight just about me and my job. this was always a battle for democracy, for free speech, for the integrity of our elections,
highness. this a day after a manhattan court judge rejected his efforts to dismiss a sexual assault civil lawsuit against him by virginia. giuffre says jeffrey epstein trafficked her to the prince in early 2000s when she was just 17 and says she was raped by andrew, allegations he denies. so the idea of a financial settlement is not the thing that s of interest to her, then, is it? a beautiful financial settlement is not anything that i think she s interested in. reporter: right. reporter: this latest twist after 150 british military veterans wrote to the queen to ask her to strip the prince of his honorary military roles. andrew hasn t performed any official duty since 2019 and is rarely seen in public but was pictured leaving his home in windsor today hours before the queen s announcement. a source close to prince andrew tells cbs news this case is a marathon and not a sprint and