Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis indirectly condemns Trump indictment on campaign trail
"As a naval officer, if I would have taken classified [documents] to my apartment, I would have been court-martialed in a New York minute," DeSantis said.
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"As a naval officer, if I would have taken classified [documents] to my apartment, I would have been court-martialed in a New York minute," DeSantis said.
The GOP governor pushed back on claims that the indictment is politically motivated, saying it was "self-inflicted."
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Trump is facing 37 charges, including willful retention of defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and withholding a document or record.
Former President Trump has been railing against the documents investigation and charges as a "hoax."
The eyes of the world will be in Miami next Tuesday as former President Donald Trump gets ready to appear in federal court.
Donald Trump is the first former president in history to face a federal criminal indictment.
The charges stem from former President Donald Trump's handling of sensitive government records.
Donald Trump's historic criminal case on felony charges of mishandling classified documents is set to unfold in Florida and will at least initially be overseen by a federal judge who issued rulings favorable to him last year and expressed repeated skepticism of Justice Department positions.
The seven-count indictment reportedly involves the retention of national defense information, conspiracy and obstruction
Former federal prosecutor David Weinstein said one charge could have a "significant" impact on Trump's future.
The charges would be the first to arise from special counsel Jack Smith's investigations into former President Donald Trump.
Former President Donald Trump and his aides are bracing for a potential indictment in the classified documents investigation as prosecutors handling the probe have been spotted at a Miami courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing from witnesses.
Parlatore thinks a charging decision could come within weeks, and he says Trump's legal team has a plan to respond.
Ron DeSantis is defending his state's decision to fly migrants from the southern border to California.
A grand jury based in southern Florida has heard testimony from multiple witnesses in recent weeks as part of the federal investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, sources told CNN.
It remains unclear why the special counsel is using a Miami grand jury after months of relying on grand juries in Washington, DC
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Trump made the country "smaller by dividing us even further and pitting one group against another."
Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday as a decision nears on whether to bring charges over the handling of classified documents at the former president's Florida estate.
In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right.
The judge said Tennessee's law is "unconstitutionally vague and overbroad" and encouraged "discriminatory enforcement."
In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right.
Former President Donald Trump is keeping up a steady drumbeat of criticism of his chief rival Ron DeSantis.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to begin his first full day of presidential campaigning with a four-stop blitz through Iowa.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is kicking off his presidential campaign in Iowa at the start of a busy week that will take him to 12 cities in three states.
