FDLE claims it Investigation Whether Jones approached a state news organization without authorization to call state officials to “talk” about corona virus deaths. According to the search-warrant affidavit, officers found the message at the IP address attached to Jones’ home.

Jones’ lawsuit alleges that the basis of the search warrant was a fraud to punish her for “protected speech”.

The lawsuit alleges that IP addresses were generally “fraudulent” and referred to news articles that found that the username and password for the news organization that triggered the investigation were publicly available on the Department of Health’s website.

Under Florida law, the lawsuit alleges that “no reasonable authority considers access to the site a crime.”

“The FDL tried to engage itself with Desantis, trying to silence the plaintiff by confiscating his online text on his computer and seizing his cell phone,” the lawsuit said.

Jones asked the court to return his belongings and pay damages.

FDLE Commissioner Rick Swarongan, who was named as the defendant in the case, said FDLE agents acted properly when executing the search warrant.

“I am proud of the professionalism they have shown as our FDLE agents worked on a legal search warrant at Rebecca Jones’ home. Our criminal investigation continues and although I have not seen this case, I hope the facts will come out in court,” Swarong said in a statement Monday.

Jones was suspended in May because he “repeatedly showed disobedience” and modified a state data portal without input or approval from epidemiologists or his supervisors. Jones argued that he was fired for refusing to falsify state corona virus data.