Trump Demands That DeSantis Handle Assassination Attempt Case In Lie-Filled Screed
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The coup-attempting former president claims that the DOJ and FBI should not be in charge of the golf course shooting plot because they are also prosecuting him.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) be allowed to take over the prosecution of the man alleged to be his second would-be assassin, claiming that the Department of Justice and the FBI are going easy on the suspect.
“OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND DISCREDITED,” the coup-attempting former president said in a campaign statement that repeated a number of his usual lies about the investigations and prosecutions into his own actions in recent years. “LET FLORIDA HANDLE THE CASE!”
The DOJ and the FBI did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s queries about Trump’s statement.
Trump claimed that both agencies are part of a conspiracy by President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now the Democratic presidential nominee, and state-level prosecutors and attorneys general to imprison Trump solely because of his candidacy to regain the presidency. Trump claims that for this reason, prosecutors are “downplaying” the charges against Ryan Routh.
“The charges brought against the maniac assassin are a slap on the wrist,” Trump wrote, referring to the weapons charges prosecutors filed against Routh to keep him in custody as they continue their investigation.
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