(West Palm Beach, FL) -- Governor Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday he is signing an executive order assigning the case involving the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump to the office of statewide prosecutor. Yesterday the suspect, Ryan Routh, was charged federally with only two felony gun charges.
DeSantis said, unlike the feds, the state will pursue the most series charges by bringing an attempted murder charge and will seek life in prison.
He also said that FDLE has preserved the suspect's social media posts which have been scrubbed. such as attempted murder which could bring life in prison.
DeSantis added that "It's not in the best interest of our state or our nation to have the same federal agencies that are seeking to prosecute Donald Trump leading this investigation, especially when the most serious, straight-forward offense constitutes a violation of state law, but not federal law."
"In addition to holding the suspect accountable," DeSantis said, "The public deserves to know the truth about how this assassination came to be."