{"id":937122,"date":"2026-07-15T18:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/937122\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:49:19","slug":"weaponization-of-justice-jacksonville-rep-angie-nixon-gets-september-trial-date-in-desantis-office-sit-in-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/937122\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Weaponization of justice\u2019: Jacksonville Rep. Angie Nixon gets September trial date in DeSantis office sit-in case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>TALLAHASSEE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 State Rep Angie Nixon, who is running in the Democratic primary for US Senate, had a preliminary court hearing in Leon County Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/15\/florida-rep-angie-nixon-arrested-after-sit-in-outside-desantis-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/15\/florida-rep-angie-nixon-arrested-after-sit-in-outside-desantis-office\/\">related to her May arrest<\/a> for staging a sit-in outside Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"> A trial date for Nixon was set for the week of Sept. 21. Nixon was arrested on May 15, after sitting in the governor\u2019s capitol office for several hours, protesting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/29\/florida-legislature-approves-new-congressional-map-intended-to-boost-republicans-in-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/29\/florida-legislature-approves-new-congressional-map-intended-to-boost-republicans-in-midterms\/\"> new Congressional district maps<\/a> passed by Florida lawmakers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The new maps could help Republicans pick up seats in Florida and ultimately retain control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Nixon spoke to reporters following Wednesday\u2019s hearing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThis is the weaponization of a justice system to punish political pushback. This is a coordinated, desperate attempt by Ron DeSantis to intimidate and silence anyone who dares to challenge their absolute grip on power,\u201d Nixon, D-Jacksonville, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Nixon was also reprimanded by the House Rules and Ethics Committee in May for her loud protest on the House floor during the legislative session that disrupted a vote on the new congressional district maps. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The incident wasn\u2019t the first time Nixon caused a commotion on the House floor over redistricting. She led a protest in 2022 when the old districts were approved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThe state of Florida is spending your hard-earned tax dollars, using government lawyers and tying up the court system, to prosecute me for peacefully petitioning our government,\u201d Nixon said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 State Rep Angie Nixon, who is running in the Democratic primary for US Senate, had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":937123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,32233,8314,3188,723,7310,80,14516,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-937122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-angie-nixon","tag-duval-county","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-politics","tag-ron-desantis","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116925495205354594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}