Whistleblower Rebekah Jones wins dismissal- at a price.

[usonian]

https://www.mynwfl.com/post/rebekahjonescasedismissed

Very long story. Conclusion:

Jones walks away with a dismissal (at a price) and after nearly three years of persecution by the state of Florida comes out with no criminal record, no guilty plea, no adjudication withheld, no plea of no contest. Jones managed to best a radical and increasingly dangerous Governor with Presidential aspirations at each turn.

She lived to tell the tale. The problem is hardly anyone is still listening.

“When there’s so much disinformation online, when any mention or reference to me is met with dozens of single-purpose hate accounts defaming and attacking me, people give up on the truth,” Jones said. “Truth got me into this, truth got me out of this, and truth will be the anecdote to these crimes against reality going forward.”

[peppertree]

1. When Flawrida panhandlers re-elected Gaetz, they forfeited ANY claim to "family values"

Unless they mean the Roman Empire kind.

[Cetacea]

21. "Flawrida" has six million dems, third behind Cali and New Yawk

Cute, demeaning jokes get us nowhere. The corruption there needs to be investigated. It's foolish to dismiss the once blue state that gave us Obama in recent times.

[quakerboy]

24. There is nary a state without a lot of dems

600k in oklahoma

70k in Wyoming.

I think we can rest assured that investigating corruption is pretty irrelevant unless/until there are actual consequences for corruption. And I cant think of anyone actually important, Republican, and in jail.

[peppertree]

33. Sad but true

Florida has good and bad people like anywhere else. But Gaetz's voters are the kind who'll worship anyone who - like Trump - makes them feel good about all their petty little hatreds.

That's all they ever look for when pulling the lever.

It's easy to see why they have so many con-men down there, political or otherwise.

[Cetacea]

37. Do you believe Dade County suddenly went Red?

It's alarming that Mike Lindell seems to be the only person who finds that suspicious (and is apparently going to spend millions investigating that).

[Cetacea]

38. Florida has more registered Dems than Repugs n/t

[Lochloosa]

23. He is in a heavy gerrymander district in a very red part of the state.

I don't know what state your in but I bet I could find someone there to counter your statement.

[peppertree]

32. I'm referring to the RW Bible thumpers who vote for him blindly

Rather than a qualified and upstanding person like Ms. Jones.

I lived in M'ssippi for years - and am fairly familiar with the holier-than-thou's and Jim Crowers. The kind that will worship anyone who'll validate their petty little hatreds (of which they have so many).

It must no doubt be very hard for any Dems living in that benighted district.

[LittleGirl]

2. Thanks for sharing

I’m paying attention!

[rubbersole]

3. Me too.

[OMGWTF]

4. Crimes against reality.

I think she meant to say that truth would be the "antidote" and not the anecdote.

[usonian]

6. Missed that. Must be the light green type on a white background.

My guess is that "My Northwest Florida" hasn't got the greatest reporters/typists on their payroll.

[TheRickles]

7. She's a very smart cookie. I bet that misspelling is on the reporter, the transcriber or the app.

[jaxexpat]

16. This is a critical misspelling. Unfairly, makes it all look kinda stupid.

[Deuxcents]

5. What a ruthless mess she got caught up in. Hope it's really over for her

[usonian]

8. It isn't. The MAGA assholes are out there.

I despise social media for the way they unleash and even magnify hate and lies.

[Cetacea]

22. That is the secret sauce that Russia utilizes so well

Plant stories that are likely to go viral. A lie travels around the world before Truth has gotten its boots on.

[Marthe48]

9. Thank you, Ms. Jones for your perserverance

You will always have my support!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. DeathSantis loses another bogus lawsuit/criminal prosecution

[jaxexpat]

15. Unfortunately, all he has to do to win is.......just say he won.

There's not a lot of fact checking in the MAGA world.

I'm so glad to hear this is how it finally shook out. I am nevertheless concerned about her future safety and security if she maintains residence in the US.

Hell, I'm concerned about my own if the MAGA-Maniacs continue to rule conservanoise prime time.

[czarjak]

11. Seem interchangeable.

Truth. Truth. Truth.

[TheRickles]

12. Here's the link to her GoFundMe to pay off her legal bills:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/whistleblower-rebekah-jones-pay-legal-fees?qid=1544b0aef4595847c37dad56dc0aefae

[ShazzieB]

13. Holy crap!

"When pressed about what level of influence Governor Ron DeSantis’ office had in Jones’ prolonged prosecution, [prosecutor] Cappleman declined to answer and instead told the reporter not to contact her again."

Tell me DeSantis’ office was all up in this without telling me DeSantis’ office was all up in this!

Like we don't know he was behind every bit of it! But the reporter was right to ask, abd I think the response was very telling.

Can you imagine what a nightmare that guy would be as potus? We really would end up living g in a police state.

[SunSeeker]

25. Indeed. nt

[uponit7771]

30. right ?!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. Words to live by...

“Truth got me into this, truth got me out of this, and truth will be the anecdote to these crimes against reality going forward.”

[TheRickles]

19. "antidote", most likely

[SleeplessinSoCal]

26. oops! you're right.

Missed it.

[lpbk2713]

17. DeShithead had the SWAT Team swarm her house in Ninja gear.

With weapons drawn. And in the presence of her family.

[Nululu]

18. Abuse of authority by evil politician

For the crime of speaking truth to power. She suffered so much for trying to give honest data about covid fatalities.

[crickets]

20. Good for Rebekah Jones. K&R

[appmanga]

27. I just donated...

...and read her statement where she lays bare exactly who Ron DeSantis is and his sick modus operandi which makes him unfit to be a government leader in any capacity, but especially the presidency.

[progressoid]

28. anecdote?

Antidote perhaps?

[usonian]

29. Must have been the reporter, I think.

Tough decision. Do I post verbatim, or correct it?
That’s what’s at the link, and they don’t seem to have changed it.
Pretty obviously antidote. 💊

[stopdiggin]

31. one way to look at it.

I've always had my reservations concerning Ms. Jones.

MiamiHerald, Dec 12, 2022 - - Former Department of Health data analyst turned whistleblower Rebekah Jones reached an agreement with state prosecutors to dismiss the criminal hacking charges against her. As a condition of the dismissal, Jones admitted she was guilty.

Amid suspicions that Jones illegally accessed the Florida Department of Health System to send a message on the agency’s internal platform, police searched her home in December 2020. A subsequent search of her electronics suggested that she sent a message to 1,750 people, downloaded confidential data, and saved it to her devices, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Jones was later charged with an offense against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices, a third-degree felony. Jones officially admitted guilt as part of the Dec. 8 agreement.

University of S.Florida, Dec 12, 2022 - - The prosecutor in her felony criminal case, Georgia Cappleman, said Monday in an interview that Jones' public assertions of innocence about some claims in the criminal complaint against her will not affect the deferred prosecution agreement she signed with the Leon County State Attorney's Office.

"It’s inconsistent with the document, but I don’t really care what she says," Cappleman said with an audible sigh. "It’s a free country."

Under the plea agreement, made public Friday in Leon County Circuit Court, Jones also agreed to pay $200 per month toward $20,000 to cover the state’s cost of the criminal investigation, attend mental health counseling monthly and perform 150 hours of community service. She had no previous felony convictions on her record.

[msfiddlestix]

34. What exactly did she whistle blow about?

[TigressDem]

35. She had the REAL numbers on COVID and shared them.

Back in 2020 people believed her. But there was a raid and her computer seized. So now they have this "explanation" and she has no proof.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/876584284/fired-florida-data-scientist-launches-a-coronavirus-dashboard-of-her-own



https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/27/us/florida-report-coronavirus-numbers-manipulated/index.html

[msfiddlestix]

36. Oh I remember that now! Thank You!

A familiar tinge of corruption and using the power of office to sick law enforcement on the "case" to hush a truth teller.

[LessAspin]

39. K & R for Rebekah

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