Florida’s Republican attorney general is demanding records from The New York Times as part of a broader bid to scrutinize the news organization’s editorial practices.

A story about Maine’s former U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is at the center of his effort.

On Monday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote a 28-page letter to the Times seeking records about the news organization’s process for reviewing stories. “Editorial malpractice” could expose the paper to costly litigation that ultimately hurts shareholders — including Florida’s state employee retirement fund, the Florida attorney general argued. Uthmeier said he is exercising the rights of the shareholders under New York state law in seeking records related to several stories from the organization.

One of the stories with which Uthmeier took issue was a June 4 article from the Times about several former girlfriends recalling “unsettling” behavior from Platner, who denied the most salacious claims.

Uthmeier focused on the Times saying that it “could not corroborate” claims of physical intimidation that one of the former girlfriends, Lyndsey Fifield, shared. The attorney general noted that Fifield, who has worked for conservative groups, later posted online that she had offered more corroborating details but that the Times reporters declined to pursue it.

The attorney general then referenced the July 6 story from Politico about a rape allegation from a different woman, Jenny Racicot, who also mentioned how Platner’s progressive views aligned with hers. That story ultimately caused Platner to end his Senate campaign in July, though Platner denies the allegation. Uthmeier claimed the Times reporters were aware of the allegation from Racicot before the publication of the June 4 article, but only mentioned Racicot describing “reckless” and “unsettling” behavior from Platner.

But Uthmeier did not mention in his letter that Racicot told Politico she did not initially go public with the sexual assault claim in the June story from the Times because she did not want to be known as a rape victim. After she made her on-the-record allegation, Maine Democrats and national Democrats swiftly called on Platner to drop out of the race against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Maine Democrats nominated former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson to replace Platner on the ballot.

Florida’s state employee retirement fund includes more than 1.2 million members and holds about 160,000 shares of New York Times stock, according to the attorney general.

Danielle Rhoades Ha, senior vice president for communications with The New York Times, criticized the Florida attorney general’s letter Monday.

“We are aware of the demand letter, which, while positioned as a request under corporate law, is a clear attempt to chill First Amendment-protected journalism,” she said Monday in a statement. “We will respond more fully in due course.”

The mentions of Platner are an example of how the military veteran’s name may continue to linger after he became one of the buzziest political sensations in the U.S. before his stunning downfall.

Platner did not respond to a request for comment on the letter from Uthmeier, who gave the Times two weeks to respond to his letter.

Uthmeier, who has previously gone after Target by claiming its LGBTQ+ initiatives hurt investors, claimed the Times failed to apply its editorial standards to stories and used its opinion section to “publish reported factual assertions outside the newsroom’s verification controls.”

Another focus of Uthmeier’s was Nicholas Kristof’s May opinion piece titled, “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also threatened a defamation lawsuit over. Additional groups have cited the coverage of Israel and Platner’s since-covered-up tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol to seek similar information about the Times’ editorial practices.