Lawmaker says DeSantis only settled lawsuit over hiding COVID data because he was ‘caught red-handed’ lying to the court

Left: Former Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, applauds on the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday, April 21, 2022 at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears); Right: Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA).

A Florida lawmaker who sued to force Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to disclose COVID-19 data said the presidential hopeful agreed Monday to reveal the data and pay $152,250 in attorneys fees because DeSantis knew he had been “caught red-handed” lying to the court.

Former state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat, and Florida Center for Government Accountability (FLCGA), a non-profit public records watchdog, began a lawsuit against DeSantis and the Florida Department of Health in 2021 after DeSantis ordered the department not to disclose COVID-19 data on the department’s public dashboard.

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