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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis indirectly condemns Trump indictment on campaign trail
CBSN
As he hit the campaign trail this weekend, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended former President Donald Trump after he was indicted for his alleged mishandling of classified documents, but noted that he would have received punishment if he had taken home classified documents as a naval officer
In a speech at the North Carolina Republican convention on Friday, DeSantis referenced the decision by former FBI director James Comey to recommend no charges be filed in the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was the nation's top diplomat. But his comments came as Trump was charged with 37 felony counts related to his handling of classified material after he left the White House in 2021.
"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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