# Florida agents raid home of fired public health agent who refused to manipulate COVID data

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523/60 "2020-12-09T22:56:57Z")

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[GOP lawyer appointed by Florida governor resigns in protest over raid on ousted data scientist’s home](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/09/florida-republican-resigns-raid/).  
Paywalled, but here’s the first three paragraphs.

> A Republican lawyer resigned Tuesday from a Florida judicial panel in objection to [police raiding the home](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/07/rebekah-jones-covid-19-dashboard-florida-desantis/?itid=lk_inline_manual_138&itid=lk_inline_manual_2) of a data scientist. That scientist was previously ousted from the state health department in what she has characterized as retribution for objecting to unethical requests during the pandemic.  
> Ron Filipkowski, who served on a nominating commission for the state’s 12th Circuit, wrote in [a pointed resignation letter](https://twitter.com/RonGOPVet4Biden/status/1336339189374152704) to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s general counsel that he considered the search warrant executed on Rebekah Jones’s home “unconscionable.” He also said it was indicative of the state’s “reckless and irresponsible” handling of the [coronavirus](https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) pandemic.  
> “It just seems like it’s not really about any kind of criminal investigation,” Filipkowski told The Washington Post. **“It’s about intimidation of her and sending a message to people currently working in state government that ‘This could be you.’ ”**

Bolding of the last sentence mine.

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