Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted former US President Donald Trump’s indictment and announced his refusal to cooperate with the Manhattan DA office amid the investigation.
Recently, Ron DeSantis of Florida declared that his state “will not assist” in any extradition request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg amid what he called “questionable circumstances” against Donald Trump.
He also blasted the charges against former President Donald Trump and called them “un-American,” alleging that the move was a “weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda.”
The controversy arose after Donald Trump, the former
president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan on Thursday.
Ron DeSantis says he will refuse any extradition request after Trump indictment: ‘Questionable circumstances’ https://t.co/KAbwW1Xu3J— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 31, 2023
The decision came after a years-long investigation launched by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
In a post tweeted by DeSantis on Thursday, he said that “The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head.”
“It is un-American.” DeSantis added.
“The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law to downgrade felonies and to excuse criminal misconduct Yet, now he is stretching the law to target a political opponent,” he continued before announcing that “Florida will not assist in an extradition request given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda.”
In an exclusive report published by Fox News, it was revealed that “Trump was indicted as part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s years-long investigation, possibly for hush money payments. Bragg has been investigating Trump for hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election.”
“These include the $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and the $150,000 payment made to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, Fox News Digital has learned. Hush money payments made to both McDougal and Daniels were revealed and reported by Fox News in 2018. Those payments had been investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York and by the Federal Election Commission (FEC),” the report added.
“Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York opted out of charging Trump related to the Daniels payment in 2019, even as former Trump attorney Michael Cohen implicated him as part of his plea deal. The FEC also tossed its investigation into the matter in 2021,” it continued.
