“There will be accountability in Florida,” Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis promised Tuesday, announcing that his state is conducting its own investigation into Sunday’s failed attempt to assassinate former president and Republican Candidate Donald Trump.
“It is not in the best interests of our state and nation to have the same federal agencies seeking to prosecute Trump leading this investigation,” DeSantis says in a social media post explaining his decision to launch an independent investigation of the assassination attempt that took place in his state:
“The State of Florida is conducting its own investigation into the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. It is not in the best interests of our state and nation to have the same federal agencies seeking to prosecute Trump leading this investigation.
“As I announced in Palm Beach County this morning, I am assigning this case to the Office of the Statewide Prosecutor. The suspect is believed to have violated state laws across multiple judicial circuits.”
“The State of Florida has jurisdiction over the most serious, readily provable offense: attempted murder,” DeSantis added, promising that – at least at the state level – there will be a full, transparent investigation and prosecution of the failed effort to kill Trump:
“The public deserves answers on how something like this could happen. I have directed our state agencies to move expeditiously and to provide full transparency to the public.
There will be accountability in Florida. The people of our state, and the entire country, deserve no less.”
“I don’t think anyone can honestly claim that the federal government has been forthright and transparent about its past investigations,” Gov. DeSantis said Tuesday, discussing Florida’s investigation:
“That’s just the reality. That’s just how these guys operate. Apart from any type of political bias, that’s how it’s been, really for many, many years. That’s not how it’s going to be here.
“And, so, we’ll cooperate will all agencies, or all levels of government, because I think that some of those gun charges may be appropriate to bring – but, not to the exclusion of bringing a charge for something like attempted murder.”
Q: "What kind of information do you think a state investigation will reveal that a federal investigation may not?"
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 17, 2024
Here's my answer: pic.twitter.com/qhosylasTL