Fri Jun 9, 2023 – 3:47 pm EDTFri Jun 9, 2023 – 4:10 pm EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — Florida Republican governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Thursday issued a statement in reaction to the indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal charges, denouncing the “weaponization” by the Biden Department of Justice and promising his administration would “bring accountability” and eliminate “political bias” in federal law enforcement.
DeSantis, who launched his campaign for the presidency May 24 after achieving an historic re-election victory as governor of Florida in November, made the remarks in a June 8 statement following the news of Trump’s indictment on charges related to his handling of classified documents.
“The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society,” DeSantis said. “We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation.”
The Florida governor, who according to polls will be Trump’s chief Republican rival in the 2024 primaries, queried why the Biden administration’s Department of Justice is “so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?”
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