Top aides of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, others added to migrant flight lawsuit
Two top aides to Gov. Ron DeSantis were added as defendants Tuesday in a potential class-action lawsuit stemming from the DeSantis administration flying 49 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September.
An amended version of the lawsuit added Chief of Staff James Uthmeier and former north Florida U.S. Attorney and now DeSantis public-safety adviser Larry Keefe as defendants.
Also, it added Vertol Systems Company, Inc., which received a state contract to provide the flights; James Montgomerie, the company’s president; and Perla Huerta, a former Army counterintelligence agent who allegedly led efforts to recruit migrants around San Antonio, Texas.
The lawsuit, whose plaintiffs include the...
