Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell warned Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday to stop trying to “manufacture a pretext for my removal,” sending unusual letters to him and to Gov. Ron DeSantis that urged the Republican leaders to “set aside the political theater.”

In the 10 months since Worrell began her second term, Uthmeier has repeatedly lambasted her office’s policies and decisions. The public attacks, which Worrell has countered with public defenses of her work, have left her supporters fearful that DeSantis, who removed her from office in 2023, would do so again and was using his hand-picked attorney general to lay out a case against her.

“It is clear that your campaign of misinformation and intimidation seeks to manufacture a pretext for my removal,” Worrell wro

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