James Uthmeyer worked with Ron DeSantis to remove a district attorney in Tampa.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The sources support the core assertion: the Miami Herald reports that Uthmeier, then DeSantis's chief of staff, helped orchestrate DeSantis's removal of Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, a Tampa-based prosecutor. The sources do not address the 'George Soros' label, which the extraction dropped and which is grading-neutral here.
What was said
… It was taken away, of course, from General Paxton, and I will aggressively enforce our election integrity laws to make sure that our elections are secure and that only legally qualified citizens are voting in Texas. Mays, I live in Tampa, and the previous guest that we had, James Uthmeyer, he worked with Ron DeSantis to remove a George Soros district attorney that was running this city, and they, they stripped him of his office, and they said, "You are not enforcing the laws. You know, it is our, it is your job to enforce state law. You're not doing it, and so we're going to throw you out." …
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Supports. The Miami Herald reports that Uthmeier, DeSantis's chief of staff, 'helped orchestrate' DeSantis's removal of Democratic Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren.[1]
Supports. A CL Tampa report confirms that Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren was removed from office by DeSantis after he pledged not to prosecute violators of the abortion ban, placing the removed prosecutor in Tampa.[2]
Supports. WLRN reports that DeSantis removed Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren in 2022, and that Uthmeier, then chief of staff, was part of the governor's team on such removals.[3]
Context. Uthmeier's chief-of-staff role during the 2022 removal is confirmed by the Wikipedia and Miami Herald biographical details, though the Wikipedia source is only moderately rated.[1][4]
Sources
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- 1www.miamiherald.com › news › politics-governmentHow James Uthmeier rose to power in Florida politics | Miami ...miamiherald.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2DeSantis Administration threatens to remove Tampa mayor ...cltampa.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Uthmeier in Tampa appearance talks Hope Florida, UF ... - WLRNwlrn.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4James Uthmeier - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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