Republican nominee Donald Trump escalated his long-running bid to discredit federal law enforcement by accusing agencies on Monday of mishandling the investigation of last week’s apparent assassination attempt and demanding Florida officials take over the case, reports the Washington Post. “OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND DISCREDITED, especially as it pertains to the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” he said. “LET FLORIDA HANDLE THE CASE!” Prosecutors argued successfully for the ongoing detention of Ryan Routh, the man accused of bringing a rifle to a golf course where Trump was playing on Sept. 15, presenting new evidence that the suspect allegedly left a note declaring his intent to assassinate the former president. Prosecutors will bring assassination attempt charges against Routh.
Trump accused the Justice Department of “downplaying” the threat to his life because they “have been coming after me nonstop with Weaponized Lawfare,” a term for alleged political tampering in prosecutions of Trump and his supporters. His statement sought to implicate President Biden and Vice President Harris, blaming them for failing to protect him. There is no evidence that Biden or Harris were involved in any security decisions leading up to the apparent assassination attempts, and Biden has ordered the administration to provide the Secret Service with every available resource. Trump said his distrust stemmed from the prosecutions against him by a federal special counsel and local district attorneys, calling them “FAKE CASES” and claiming without evidence that they were controlled by “the Biden/Harris DOJ/FBI.” His sentencing in New York is scheduled for Nov. 26. Special counsel Jack Smith is appealing the dismissal of the classified documents case and pressing a prosecution for Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. A case accusing Trump of interfering in the election results in Georgia was delayed until after the Nov. 5 election.
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