We at C&L have written repeatedly about Ron DeSantis’ shady migrant flights that flew migrants at the border, thousands of miles away from DeSantis’ state of Florida, and dumped them in blue states. Friday it was revealed that Larry Keefe, Ron DeSantis’ former public safety czar in charge of the program, had quietly resigned last month.

MeidasTouch’s Ron Flipkowski nicely summed up Keefe’s dodgy tenure in his post on the resignation:

Keefe became embroiled in controversy after he orchestrated the migrant flights last September using a private vendor using secretive methods that clearly violated Florida's open government laws.

Keefe made arrangements with Vertol Systems Company to transport migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. Everything was done in secret with no notice whatsoever to the public. Keefe also attempted to hide the funding for the flights since they likely violated the provision that allocated funds to fly migrants from Florida, not Texas.

It just so happens the Russia-connected, Biden-sanctioned and GOP donor Vertol Systems is also Keefe’s former client, the Miami Herald noted. The Herald also reported that Keefe communicated with the company via a private email account, under the alias “Clarissa Starling,” to help the company win its state contract.

So, totally normal! And did I mention that the Herald also noted he was a U.S. attorney under the Trump administration? Also a former law partner of Matt Gaetz?

If you thought a presidential candidate like DeSantis might want to distance himself from a guy like Keefe, think again! He’s now helping the DeSantis campaign, supposedly as a volunteer. “His transition to the political side came a few weeks after DeSantis picked James Uthmeier — the governor’s former chief of staff, and a deeply trusted but inexperienced adviser — to lead a reboot of his political operation,” the Herald said.