DeSantis top aide grilled over map that dismantled seat held by Black Democrat

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DeSantis top aide grilled over map that dismantled seat held by Black Democrat

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal trial that could upend one of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ significant political victories began Tuesday with one of his top aides spending hours on the witness stand defending the legality of a congressional map that dismantled the North Florida district once held by a Black Democrat. Voting and civil rights groups contend the map muscled through the Republican-controlled Legislature last year is discriminatory and u…