Republican former President Donald Trump has accused the Biden-Harris administration of mishandling the prosecution of the second assassination attempt and called for Florida to take over.
“The charges in Florida will be much more severe than those announced by the FBI.”
he statement Through Truth Social's official social media accounts.
“The Kamala Harris/Joe Biden Department of Justice and the FBI have mishandled and downplayed the second assassination attempt on my life since July,” Trump wrote on Monday.
“The charges against a crazed assassin are a light punishment. It's no wonder, given that the Department of Justice and the FBI have relentlessly pursued me with weaponized laws ever since I first announced my historic campaign for President.”
The former president was likely responding to the allegations against the assassination suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Prosecutors initially charged Routh with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. demand Suspicion of attempted assassination.
“The Department of Justice and the FBI have a long-standing obsession with 'getting Trump,' so they have a conflict of interest,” Trump continued.
“If the Department of Justice and the FBI are unable to carry out their duties honestly and without bias and hold those plotting to account to the fullest extent of the law, then Governor Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida have already agreed to lead the investigation and prosecution,” he added. “The charges in Florida will be far more severe than those announced by the FBI.”
Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has already said his state will conduct a separate investigation into the assassination attempt and has accused federal authorities of refusing to cooperate.
“We have an obligation to investigate this. We have an obligation to bring appropriate charges. And we also have an obligation to let the public know how this happened,” DeSantis said in an interview on Fox News on Thursday.
“The truth will follow wherever it leads,” Trump concluded. “Let's leave this to Florida!”
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