Minutes after Donald Trump released a statement on Thursday night calling a Manhattan grand jury’s vote to indict him on criminal charges “political persecution” and a “witch-hunt”, Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis leapt to the former president’s defence.
“The weaponisation of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head,” DeSantis tweeted, calling Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg a “Soros-backed district attorney” who was…
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