The indictment of former President Donald Trump on Thursday was dubbed "un-American" by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who also claimed that the judicial system has been militarized.
DeSantis stated on Twitter that "the weaponization of the judicial system to further a political objective flips the rule of law on its head." It is not American.
Donald Trump became the first former president to be charged with a crime when a Manhattan grand jury decided to indict him for his alleged involvement in a 2016 payment to Stormy Daniels.
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan attorney general spearheading the case against Trump, was referred to by DeSantis as "Soros-backed," and his handling of other criminal cases was questioned.
The Florida governor claimed that "the Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has regularly bent the law to lower offenses and to justify criminal behaviour." "Yet, he is now abusing the legal system to target a political rival."
The tweet added, "Given the suspicious conditions at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda, Florida will not help in an extradition request.
The case has been mocked by legal experts as being legally pointless, and Trump's new personal lawyer Joe Tacopina has claimed that the payment Trump made to his former attorney Michael Cohen was in reality a proper legal fee.
DeSantis stated on Twitter that "the weaponization of the judicial system to further a political objective flips the rule of law on its head." It is not American.
Donald Trump became the first former president to be charged with a crime when a Manhattan grand jury decided to indict him for his alleged involvement in a 2016 payment to Stormy Daniels.
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan attorney general spearheading the case against Trump, was referred to by DeSantis as "Soros-backed," and his handling of other criminal cases was questioned.
The Florida governor claimed that "the Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has regularly bent the law to lower offenses and to justify criminal behaviour." "Yet, he is now abusing the legal system to target a political rival."
The tweet added, "Given the suspicious conditions at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda, Florida will not help in an extradition request.
The case has been mocked by legal experts as being legally pointless, and Trump's new personal lawyer Joe Tacopina has claimed that the payment Trump made to his former attorney Michael Cohen was in reality a proper legal fee.
