Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has filed a Bar complaint against a lawyer in Florida who mocked him on Twitter.
Huckabee and Daniel Uhlfelder have been at odds over beach access located near the former Republican presidential candidate’s Florida home. Uhlfelder has posted several critical messages and shared political cartoons that depict Huckabee as being greedy and dishonest, including a suggestion that Huckabee’s Secret Service code name should be changed to “beach thief.”
Citing the fact that Uhlfelder mentions his law practice in his Twitter profile, Huckabee, 64, filed the former complaint citing conduct unbecoming of an attorney. “He accused me of theft, a crime of moral turpitude,” he said in the complaint. Huckabee also said that Uhlfelder was guilty of “vile and unprofessional attacks” and “repeatedly posting disparaging information about me.”
Uhlfelder had fewer than 500 followers at the time the complaint was filed but has since grown his following to over 50,000 as news of the complaint went viral. Uhlfelder is a beach access advocate who represents Florida Beaches for All, a group of state residents who advocate for the doctrine of “customary use,” which was suspended with the passage of the controversial HB 631 in 2018.
Marlette: Panhandle politics puts Daniel in Huckabee’s lyin’ den https://t.co/r6pzRMeFpx via @pnj
— Daniel W. Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) December 6, 2019
