Presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave the impression that he would be open to pardoning Trump but also thinks he could have done more on January 6.
“Given your views on the weaponization of government, would you commit to pardoning him on any federal charges against him?” Kelly asked.“What I’ve said is very simple. I’m gonna do what’s right for the country. I don’t think it would be good for the country to have an almost 80-year-old former president go to prison,” DeSantis said, noting Trump’s age, a full 33 years older than him at age 77.“So that’s a yes?” Kelly pressed.“It just doesn’t seem like it would be a good thing. And I look at like, you know, Ford pardoned Nixon, took some heat for it, but at the end of the day, it’s like, do we wanna move forward as a country or do we want to be mired in these past controversies? And I think the public wants a fresh start. I think they want somebody that’s gonna focus on their issues. We’ve had a lot that’s happened over the last five or six years, you know, I get that. But going forward, we’ve got all these issues that we’ve gotta deal with,” DeSantis said.
DeSANTIS: “Well, look, I think it’s — I think it’s been well-documented, kind of his conduct when it first started, how of he sat there. You know, could have obviously leaned in harder. I mean, even his own kids were texting saying he needs to do more, he needs to do more. Is that criminal, though? I mean, that’s the thing when you talk about a grand jury and a potential criminal indictment.”
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