DeSantis to hold press conference detailing investigation into 2nd Trump assassination attempt

 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a press conference later Tuesday detailing the investigation Florida authorities are launching into the second assassination attempt against former President Trump.

DeSantis confirmed on Sunday that he was directing an investigation into how a gunman, allegedly Ryan Wesley Routh, was able to come within 500 yards of Trump with a firearm.

The former president was playing a round at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, when the U.S. Secret Service opened fire on Routh, who was allegedly armed with an SKS-style rifle.

Speaking with Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Monday, the Republican governor said the people of Florida deserve to know the truth about where the suspect came from and what his motivations were.

“I don’t think it’s in the best interests of this country to say that agencies like the FBI and the DOJ – which are trying to prosecute Trump in South Florida; they’re on appeal at the 11th Circuit to reinstate an indictment that had been dismissed – that they’re the best people to … give us the truth about this, this defendant, but also prosecute the case where they don’t have as strong of jurisdictional claims.”

DeSantis said fence line of the golf course where authorities said a suspect pointed an SKS-style rifle at the Republican presidential candidate “is clearly the biggest point of vulnerability on that course.”

“If you’re burrowed into … shrubs, you have a pretty clear line of sigh on a number of golf holes,” DeSantis said.