Judge who approved raid on Florida Covid scientist appointed by Governor DeSantis

A former Florida data scientist, who says she was fired for refusing to manipulate state Covid-19 data, questioned the motivations of a judge who signed off on a police raid of her home.

The judge, Joshua Hawkes, was sworn in this November.

“I don’t personally know the man, I’m not a connected person, but to be the most recent [Florida governor Ron] Desantis employee assigned to family court, and to have this be the first thing that you sign off on, I think that speaks for itself,” Rebekah Jones told CNN on Thursday.