Florida Governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis spoke with CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive one-on-one interview; Tapper asked DeSantis about Donald Trump being targeted in the Jan. 6 criminal probe —a move that will likely lead to another Trump indictment.
“If Jack Smith has evidence of criminality, should Donald Trump be held accountable?” Tapper asked.
“So, here’s the problem. This country is going down the road of criminalizing political differences,” DeSantis responded. “I think that’s wrong. Alvin Bragg stretched the statute in Manhattan to be able to try to target Donald Trump. Most people, even people on the Left, acknowledge if that wasn’t Trump, that case would not have likely been brought against a normal civilian.”
“And so you have a situation where the Department of Justice, FBI had been weaponized against people they don’t like, and the number one example that happened to be against Donald Trump with the Russia collusion,” he said. “That was not a legitimate investigation; that was being done to try to drive Trump out of office. And so what I’ve said, as president, my job is to restore a single standard of justice to end weaponization of these agencies.”
“We’re going to have a new FBI director on day one; we’re going to have big changes at the Department of Justice,” he added. “Americans across the political spectrum need to have confidence that what is going on is based on the rule of law, not based on what political tribe you’re in.”
DeSantis ended his response declaring that he hopes Trump doesn’t get charged and stressing the need to look forward.
Watch the clip above.
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