James Uthmeier
James Uthmeier is the Attorney General of Florida, appointed in 2025, and previously served as chief of staff to Governor Ron DeSantis. All of his entries fall in 2026 and record investigations opened and enforcement positions taken by his office.
2026 Events (3)
Florida AG Uthmeier opened investigation into Fauci hours after Fifth Amendment invocation, despite 2025 grand jury finding no applicable crime
On July 29, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a state investigation into former federal health official Anthony Fauci hours after Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Governor Ron DeSantis had publicly argued that Fauci's 2025 federal pardon does not excuse invoking the Fifth Amendment and separately outlined how a state prosecution could proceed, with Uthmeier's announcement following shortly after. Neither official cited a Florida statute or Florida-specific harm, and the state's own 18-month statewide grand jury had already concluded in January 2025 that no criminal statute reached federal COVID-19 officials.
Florida AG Uthmeier threatened legal action against Irish dance organizations to force exclusion of transgender girl from girls' competition
On June 26, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG) and the Irish Dance Teachers' Association of North America (IDTANA) threatening legal action unless the organizations excluded a transgender girl from girls' divisions at the upcoming North American Irish Dance Championships in Orlando. Uthmeier cited Florida's public-accommodation sex-discrimination protections and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, demanding written compliance by June 30 or his office would take enforcement action. CLRG and IDTANA both permit competitors to enter divisions consistent with their gender identity.
Florida's attorney general opened a religious-discrimination investigation into MLB and subpoenaed it over Giants' Pride Night Bible-verse caps
On June 19, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation into Major League Baseball and served Commissioner Rob Manfred an investigative subpoena, alleging the league engaged in religious discrimination by selectively enforcing its uniform rules against three San Francisco Giants pitchers who wore Bible verses on rainbow Pride Night caps. The subpoena demands MLB's uniform policies, a complete enforcement record since 2020, internal communications on the June 2026 warnings, and records tied to Florida-affiliated clubs. Uthmeier cited MLB's prior tolerance of 'Black Lives Matter' patches and social-justice messaging as evidence of selective enforcement.
2024 Events (1)
Florida AHCA, AG officials diverted $10M Medicaid settlement to Hope Florida charity, routed to Uthmeier's PAC to fight 2024 marijuana measure
On September 27, 2024, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida and then-Chief Deputy Attorney General John Guard, authorized by then-Attorney General Ashley Moody, signed an amended $67 million Medicaid overbilling settlement with Centene Corp. that diverted $10 million owed to taxpayers to the Hope Florida Foundation instead of state coffers. Within 25 days the foundation had granted the money to two nonprofits that funneled $8.5 million into Attorney General James Uthmeier's Keep Florida Clean political committee, which sent $7 million to the Republican Party of Florida and $1.23 million to the Florida Freedom Fund — money spent that fall helping defeat a marijuana-legalization ballot measure. A sealed Florida statewide grand jury presentment, leaked to press in August 2026, found the diversion was "a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities" but recommended no criminal charges.