Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order that assigns the office of Statewide prosecutor to investigate the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
“It’s not in the best interest of our state or our nation to have the same federal agencies seeking to prosecute Donald Trump leading this investigation,” declared DeSantis.
“The federal government does not have jurisdiction to bring an attempted murder charge,” DeSantis said. “They don’t have jurisdiction over a case that’s not a federal official, the apparent winner of a presidential election or the formally declared president-elect. So right then and there we have the ability to pursue potentially life in prison under state law.”He said Routh “is believed to have committed state law violations across multiple judicial circuits in the state — Palm Beach Judicial Circuit, the judicial circuit including Martin County, as well as perhaps the judicial circuit represented by Broward County.”“In addition to holding the suspect accountable, the public deserves to know the truth about how this assassination came to be,” DeSantis said. “And I have directed all state agencies to work expeditiously to be able to uncover the truth.”DeSantis said it was essential to “save the social media” from the suspect, adding that the investigation would probe various “red flags” involving Roush and his “associations, his motivations, and his ideology” in an effort to understand how he ended up at Trump’s club over the weekend.The Governor said he has spoken to Trump, who is “complimentary” that “Florida is trying to take the lead” in the investigation.
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