Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week issued two executive orders which said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and the Baker County Sheriff’s Office.
The executive orders did not provide details about the investigations, but Brian Kramer, the state attorney in the 8th Judicial Circuit, had advised DeSantis of the probes.
Alachua and Baker counties are in the 8th Judicial Circuit.
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The executive orders reassigned the investigations to other state attorneys: the Alachua County probe to State Attorney John Durrett of the 3rd Judicial Circuit and the Baker County probe to State Attorney Melissa Nelson of the 4th Judicial Circuit.
The executive orders, issued Tuesday, said Kramer disqualified himself because he had publicly endorsed Alachua County Sheriff Emery Gainey and Baker County Sheriff Scotty Rhoden in their election campaigns.
In identical wording, both executive orders said Kramer disqualified himself and sought appointments of other state attorneys “to avoid a conflict of interest or any appearance of impropriety.”
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