(www.orlandosentinel.com)
The warrant alleges that on Nov. 10, Jones downloaded a file equivalent to between 600 and 700 sheets of paper, containing contact information for about 19,182 Floridians. The file contained names, organizations, titles, home counties as well as personal phone numbers and emails, the warrant states.
On her Twitter account, Jones said the charge was retaliation for her criticisms of the state’s COVID-19 response and claimed the charge had nothing to do with the original search warrant at her home last month.
“They didn’t find proof of anything related to the warrant, so they invented something new to come after me for in retaliation,” she tweeted on Saturday.
Rebekah Jones blew the whistle when Florida officials manipulated COVID-19 data to support their keep-the-state-op strategy. Last night, she turned herself in to face a bogus felony charge of illegally accessing a computer system. This is what abuse of power and censorship looks like.
Rebekah Jones faces cyber-crime charge, accused of illegally accessing state database