JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office sent a subpoena in recent days to JEA for records relating to a controversial lobbying contract that the agency’s CEO nixed at the beginning of the year.
In sending the subpoena, a copy of which was reviewed by The Florida Trib and News4JAX, Uthmeier has inserted himself into a tangled feud that was already under investigation by State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office.
It’s not clear what issues Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution is examining or what prompted his office to intervene…