{"id":1985206,"date":"2023-07-28T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-hes-open-to-pardoning-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T18:57:14","slug":"desantis-says-hes-open-to-pardoning-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-hes-open-to-pardoning-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis open to pardoning Trump, says reports."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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-says-hes-open-to-pardoning-trump%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=1985206&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.\u2062 Ron DeSantis \u200cFloats Pardoning Former President Donald\u2062 Trump<\/h2>\n<p>During an engaging interview with conservative host Megyn Kelly on her \u200bSiriusXM show, Gov. Ron \u2064DeSantis (R-FL) discussed the possibility of pardoning his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lagging-desantis-in-swing-states-post-indictment-according-to-polls\/\" title=\"Polls show DeSantis leading Trump in swing states after indictment.\">chief 2024 presidential rival<\/a>, \u200cformer President \u200cDonald Trump, if elected president.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well, what I&#8217;ve said\u2062 is very simple.\u2064 I&#8217;m going to do what&#8217;s right for the country. I\u2063 don&#8217;t think\u2064 it would be good\u2063 for the country to\u2064 have an almost 80-year-old former president, go\u200b to prison,&#8221; DeSantis\u200b said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kelly, not one to shy away from \u200dpressing questions, \u2062retorted,\u2064 &#8220;So that&#8217;s a yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At\u2063 77 years old, Trump is \u206433 years older than DeSantis, who is 44. DeSantis has often touted his youthful \u200denergy on the campaign trail, \u2062taking a \u2062subtle dig at both \u2063Trump and\u200b 80-year-old \u2064President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis drew a\u200c parallel \u2062to President Gerald Ford&#8217;s pardon\u200d of\u200c Richard Nixon after \u200cthe Watergate scandal, highlighting it as a precedent for a potential\u2063 pardon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I look at like, you know, Ford, pardoned Nixon. Took some heat for it \u2062but at the end of the day,\u2064 it&#8217;s like, do we \u200cwant to move \u2064forward as a country?&#8221; \u200cDeSantis added.\u2062 &#8220;Or do we \u2062want to be mired in \u200bthese\u200c past controversies?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis emphasized the\u200c public&#8217;s desire for a \u200cfresh start and a \u2063leader who\u200b will \u200bfocus \u2064on their issues. He \u2062acknowledged \u200bthe events of the past five or six\u2064 years but stressed\u200c the\u200d importance of addressing the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, special counsel Jack Smith released\u2062 three \u200dnew charges in\u2063 a superseding indictment against Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents. This brings the total\u200c charges against the former president for\u2064 the incident \u2063to a \u2063staggering \u206240. \u2063The charges involve\u2063 an attempt to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-charged-with-3-more-crimes-in-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"Trump faces three additional charges in the classified documents case.\">delete surveillance footage<\/a> at Trump&#8217;s \u2062Mar-a-Lago property,\u200d with the involvement of Mar-a-Lago worker Carlos De Oliveira and co-defendant \u2062Walt Nauta.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u2064 interview, \u200dDeSantis also addressed\u200b Trump&#8217;s claims that he begged for his \u200dendorsement during\u2064 the 2018 Florida gubernatorial \u2063campaign. DeSantis dismissed the allegations, recounting a conversation on Air Force One where \u200dhe simply asked for Trump&#8217;s support and \u2062a tweet of endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Since his successful 2018 race, DeSantis \u200dhas experienced a falling\u200c out with Trump, \u2064primarily due to his\u200b challenge for \u200cthe\u2063 2024 GOP nomination. DeSantis revealed that Trump now sees him as a \u2064threat, making him the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-hes-open-to-pardoning-trump\/\" title=\"DeSantis open to pardoning Trump, says reports.\">candidate consistently polling<\/a> in double digits behind Trump. However, DeSantis&#8217;s poll numbers have recently\u200c declined, leading to\u200b the layoff\u200c of 38 staffers from his campaign \u200dteam.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He doesn\u2019t say that about\u2062 his own vice president running\u200d against him.\u200c He\u2062 doesn\u2019t say that about \u200dhis \u200bambassador to the U.N. running \u2062against \u200chim,&#8221; DeSantis said,\u2063 referring to former Vice President Mike Pence and former South\u2063 Carolina Gov. \u2063Nikki Haley. &#8220;He doesn\u2019t say\u200d that about \u200dother people he endorsed \u200din the \u200dpast who\u2062 are now running against him.\u200d He only says that\u200b about \u2064me because I \u200bthink he\u200b construes me \u200bas the only threat to his winning the nomination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-field-has-a-trump-dilemma-that-the-latest-indictment-has-only-made-worse\/\" title=\"The GOP field has a Trump dilemma that the latest indictment has only made worse\">political landscape continues<\/a> \u2063to evolve, the possibility of a presidential pardon for Trump\u2064 remains a topic of intrigue\u200b and speculation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more\u2063 from The \u200dWashington\u200d Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, suggested that if he becomes president in 2024, he may pardon his chief rival, former President Donald Trump. DeSantis believes it would not benefit the country to see an elderly ex-president behind bars. 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