{"id":1976728,"date":"2023-07-18T20:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-gets-trumped-by-former-presidents-indictment-news\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T20:43:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:43:53","slug":"desantis-gets-trumped-by-former-presidents-indictment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-gets-trumped-by-former-presidents-indictment-news\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis overshadowed by ex-president&#8217;s indictment news."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-gets-trumped-by-former-presidents-indictment-news%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976728&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov.\u200c Ron \u200dDeSantis\u2063 Discusses Presidential \u200cCampaign and Trump&#8217;s \u200dLegal Issues<\/h2>\n<p>During\u2064 a recent \u200binterview \u200don CNN&#8217;s The Lead with\u2063 Jake\u2062 Tapper, \u200dGov.\u200c Ron \u200cDeSantis\u200b (R-FL)\u200c had to \u200caddress \u2064questions about\u2064 his Republican \u2063primary opponent, former President Donald \u2063Trump, before \u2064diving into\u2062 his \u200cown\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The interview, \u200bwhich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-gets-trumped-by-former-presidents-indictment-news\/\" title=\"DeSantis overshadowed by ex-president's indictment news.\">aired\u200c amidst discussions<\/a> about\u2062 Trump&#8217;s\u200b classified documents\u200b trial and his announcement \u200cof \u2064a\u2062 potential third indictment, saw DeSantis&#8217;s \u200csegment pushed back\u2063 to \u200caccommodate a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-blacks-out-historic-win-by-black-republican-winsome-sears\/\" title=\"MSNBC Blacks Out Historic Win by Black Republican Winsome Sears\">political panel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2062 <\/p>\n<h3>Accountability for Trump?<\/h3>\n<p>\u200d  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your chief \u200dcompetitor, the front-runner\u2064 right \u200cnow, Donald\u200c Trump, \u2063says he was informed that he \u2062is the target\u2064 of\u2064 special \u2064counsel\u200d Jack Smith&#8217;s investigation into\u2063 efforts to \u2063overturn the \u200cresults of the 2020\u2063 election,\u2064 and Mr.\u2062 Trump has\u2063 until\u2064 Thursday\u200d to report to the grand jury,&#8221; Tapper\u200d began the interview with DeSantis. \u200c&#8221;If Jack\u2062 Smith has \u200devidence \u2063of\u2064 criminality, should \u200cDonald Trump be held accountable?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis \u200dresponded \u200dby expressing \u200dhis \u2063concern\u2063 about \u2062the\u2063 country&#8217;s tendency\u2064 to criminalize \u2062political\u2064 differences. \u2062He \u2063emphasized the \u2064need to restore a single\u2064 standard \u2064of\u2064 justice\u2063 and\u2063 put an \u2062end \u2063to the\u2063 weaponization of federal agencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Restoring Justice\u2063 and Looking\u2062 Forward<\/h3>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As \u2062president,\u200c my job \u200bis\u2062 to\u200b restore a \u200dsingle standard \u2063of justice,\u2063 to end \u200bweaponization \u200dof\u200d these agencies,&#8221; DeSantis stated.\u200d &#8220;We&#8217;re\u200d going\u2064 to have a new\u2063 FBI\u2064 director\u2063 on \u200bday \u2063one.\u2063 We&#8217;re going\u2063 to have \u200cbig\u200d changes at the\u2064 Department of Justice. Americans\u200b across the political\u2062 spectrum need to have\u2064 confidence\u200d that \u2064what is\u200d going \u200con \u2064is \u200cbased on the rule \u200dof\u2063 law, not based \u2064on what \u200dpolitical \u200ctribe you&#8217;re in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis also\u200c emphasized \u200dthe\u2063 importance of focusing on \u200bthe future \u200crather than \u2064dwelling on\u2064 past \u200bevents during the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Looking\u2063 Forward \u200cand Supporting\u2063 Trump<\/h3>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200b don&#8217;t think\u200b it serves \u2064us \u200dwell \u2063to\u2063 have \u2064a\u2063 presidential election focused \u2062on \u2062what \u2063happened four\u200d years ago,\u200b in January,&#8221; \u200dhe\u2062 added. \u200b&#8221;So, I want\u2064 to focus on\u2063 looking forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite \u2062his focus\u2062 on\u2063 the future,\u2063 DeSantis\u2062 expressed his\u2063 support for Trump\u2062 and his\u2062 hope\u2062 that\u200b he won&#8217;t face\u200c charges.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Support for Trump<\/h3>\n<p>\u200c  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do not \u2063want to \u200bsee\u2064 him. \u200dI hope he\u2063 doesn&#8217;t \u200dget charged.\u2064 I \u200ddon&#8217;t think it\u200d will\u200b be \u2064good \u2062for the\u200b country,&#8221;\u2063 he \u2064said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s\u2063 treatment of DeSantis&#8217;s \u2062interview \u2064did not\u200b go \u2062unnoticed,\u2063 sparking\u2064 shock\u200c and\u2064 criticism\u200b on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CNN \u200bhas \u2064paused\u2062 the DeSantis \u200dinterview\u200c after about four\u2062 minutes to discuss \u200bnot one but TWO\u200b of \u200cTrump&#8217;s legal cases.\u2063 For\u2064 what? It&#8217;s\u200d been 10 minutes\u200b now? \u200cAnd \u2064what was\u2064 the \u200ctopic\u200c of\u2064 the first \u200cquestions\u200d for DeSantis? Trump&#8217;s legal \u2064case,&#8221;\u2064 one\u2064 Twitter\u200d user \u200dwrote.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u2062 tweeted: &#8220;Ron DeSantis&#8217; \u2064CNN interview\u200b has been\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-reveals-how-he-would-have-answered-ukraine-question-from-tucker-carlson\/\" title=\"Chris Christie shares his response to Tucker Carlson's Ukraine question.\">pushed \u200bback<\/a> later \u200cin the hour because \u2062of 1) reaction\u200d to \u2063Donald\u200c Trump&#8217;s pending third \u2062indictment, 2) update\u2063 from FL about Donald Trump&#8217;s second indictment, and\u200b 3) breaking news\u200c about the \u200bMichigan attorney general\u200b charging \u200cthe \u200dfake Trump \u200belectors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CNN \u200dbroke away\u2062 from\u200c DeSantis&#8217;s interview \u200bfor more than \u206220 minutes \u200dbefore\u200c returning to air\u2064 the \u2063rest.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump\u200b revealed \u200cthat \u2063he received \u2062a\u2063 target letter \u2062from special \u2063counsel\u200b Jack Smith&#8217;s \u200binvestigation into the\u200d Jan. \u20626 Capitol\u2063 riot, indicating\u2063 a\u200b third indictment \u2063is likely. Trump said\u2064 he \u2063will \u200bneed to appear before the \u2063grand jury within \u200dfour \u2063days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK \u200bHERE TO\u2063 READ MORE\u200b FROM THE\u2064 WASHINGTON\u200b EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the aim to promote his presidential campaign, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sat for an interview. However, he was compelled to address his prominent Republican primary rival, ex-President Donald Trump. 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