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Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Gordon was dismissed days after he was involved in the indictment of a St. Petersburg man in a major fraud case. Congresswoman Kathy Castor called the firing “potential political retaliation."
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Kehoe, 70, a longtime defense attorney and federal prosecutor, was selected by U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi to replace Roger Handberg, who left the role during a Trump administration housecleaning.
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Sara C. Sweeney replaces Roger Handberg atop the Middle District of Florida after the president calls for the terminations of remaining Biden-era U.S. attorneys.
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The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General says one of the nation’s most prolific narcotics prosecutors flouted ethics when he drunkenly handed his business card to police investigating a crash.
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The 2018 case involving an agent then living in the Tampa area is detailed in documents obtained by AP that offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption. The FBI and a grand jury in Tampa have been investigating the misconduct for years.