COVID cover-up: @GovRonDeSantis aide pressured @MiamiHerald's law firm @Holland_Knight to quash public records lawsuit that would force state to divulge elder-care facilities with positive coronavirus tests #BecauseFlorida miamiherald.com/news/coronavir…
"The back-door pressure — through an attorney that had no involvement in the case — paid off.
The law firm, Holland & Knight, told Sanford Bohrer, a senior partner with decades of representing the Miami Herald, to stand down and abandon the lawsuit."
The law firm, Holland & Knight, told Sanford Bohrer, a senior partner with decades of representing the Miami Herald, to stand down and abandon the lawsuit."
"DeSantis's General Counsel Joe Jacquot sought to short-circuit the litigation. He didn’t call the lawyer who drafted the suit, but another Holland & Knight lawyer, George Meros; who's represented the state on numerous matters, including recent efforts to undermine Amendment 4."
"Shortly after that conversation, Herald attorney Bohrer received a phone call from inside @Holland_Knight, instructing him to stand down.
'They asked us not to file this suit on behalf of the Herald,' Bohrer said. 'They did not want Holland & Knight to represent the Herald.'"
'They asked us not to file this suit on behalf of the Herald,' Bohrer said. 'They did not want Holland & Knight to represent the Herald.'"
"For about two weeks, @GovRonDeSantis' office has refused to release information about where long-term care residents and staff have been exposed to the contagious infection despite repeated requests from journalists and elder advocates."
"The suit will still be filed, but by another law firm, said @MiamiHerald publisher and executive editor @MindyMarques." 
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