Ex-Data Analyst Demands Florida Police Return Computers After Raid Rebekah Jones said in a court filing on Wednesday that what the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is accusing her of doing isn t a crime By Associated Press •
Updated on December 24, 2020 at 9:18 am
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A former Florida Department of Health data analyst who says a raid on her home by state investigators was payback for speaking out about what she describes were efforts to falsify COVID-19 figures is demanding that they return seized computer equipment and cell phones.
Rebekah Jones said in a court filing on Wednesday that what the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is accusing her of doing isn t a crime, according to the Miami Herald.
A former Florida Department of Health data analyst who says a raid on her home by state investigators was payback for speaking out is demanding that they return seized computer equipment and cell phones.
Fired analyst Rebekah Jones asks court to order Florida to return computer gear
Lawyers argue the state is accusing her of doing something that isnât a crime.
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Rebekah Jones in her former office at the Florida Department of Health. [ Photo courtesy of Rebekah Jones ]
Published Dec. 24, 2020
TALLAHASSEE â Lawyers for ousted state data analyst Rebekah Jones on Wednesday asked the court to order state police to return the computer equipment seized from her home, arguing that the state is accusing her of doing something that isnât a crime.
Richard E. Johnson, the Tallahassee attorney representing Jones, filed the motion in Leon County Circuit Court and attached an affidavit from a data expert who concluded that the evidence used by state police does not conclusively link Jones to the message she is alleged to have sent and, instead, âseems potentially consistent with (Jonesâ) assertion that the raid was retaliatory.â