DeSantis assigns Trump assassination attempt case to state attorney general

 

Ron DeSantis (Getty Images)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has assigned Florida Attorney General Ashely Moody to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Trump on Sunday.

DeSantis made the announcement during a Tuesday morning press conference alongside Moody.

"In addition to holding the suspect accountable, the public deserves to know the truth about how this assassination attempt came to be," DeSantis said. He went on to argue that Florida should pursue the "most serious" possible charges against the suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh.

DeSantis indicated just hours after the shooting that Florida would be conducting its own independent investigation into the incident. Federal authorities at the FBI and elsewhere are also conducting investigations.

House Republicans launched an investigation into the first assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, but it is unclear whether they will pursue a similar effort here.