John Wilson, who has resigned as the Florida Department of Health’s general counsel, said in an affidavit that DeSantis’ office wrote the cease-and-desist letters and told him to “send them under my name.

A former attorney for the state of Florida says he resigned rather than continue sending cease-and-desist letters, which a federal judge has now called unconstitutional.

Top attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis penned the cease-and-desist letters sent by Florida’s health department threatening to criminally prosecute local TV stations over their airing of an abortion rights ad,