DeSantis: Feds Not Cooperating With Florida’s Probe Into Assassination Attempt

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during an interview Thursday night that federal investigators are not cooperating with state officials who are conducting their own investigation into the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

The governor made the remarks during an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham after signing an executive order earlier this week authorizing Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to conduct a criminal investigation into the incident that unfolded over the weekend at Trump International Golf Club.

“The answer is ‘no,’ they’re not being cooperative,” DeSantis said when asked about the matter. “I am concerned. For example, we were rebuffed, our investigators were rebuffed just going to the fence line outside of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.”

He said that the Biden-Harris administration does not want the state of Florida to be involved in the investigation, adding that he does not expect them to cooperate at all.

“But here’s the thing, there were multiple violations of Florida law across multiple jurisdictions,” he said. “We think at least three judicial circuits, this guy … committed potential violations of Florida law. So we have a duty to investigate this. We have a duty to bring the appropriate charges and we also have a duty to inform the public about how this happened.”

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DeSantis said that he does not believe that the public has any confidence in the investigation and that was part of the reason he decided the state needed to launch its own probe.

“So as soon as we got word of this on Sunday, I told our guys in state law enforcement, save all his social media because you know Facebook will delete it, the tech companies want to delete it,” he said. “Get his digital trail, store that, because we need to know, how did he end up in Florida to begin with? What is this pathway this guy has taken to end up in those bushes trying to assassinate the former President of the United States and current Republican nominee? How did that happen?”

“And we have not gotten answers about Butler,” he continued, making reference to the location where Trump was shot in July. “We have not gotten answers about things like that Las Vegas shooting from many years ago. So part of the investigation that our folks are doing is they are going to provide evidence they find of motive, evidence of his associations, and evidence of his beliefs. I think it is very important that the public to get the real story on that.”

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Tonight I joined Laura Ingraham to discuss Florida’s investigation into the assassination attempt of Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/k0OyUJDvr7

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 19, 2024