DeSantis calls potential Trump arrest ‘fundamentally wrong,’ politically motivated [Video]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (TND) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to rumors flying around that former President Donald Trump may be facing arrest following a grand jury indictment in Manhattan early this week over alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

When asked about the potential indictment and arrest at a press conference Monday, DeSantis called it a “manufactured circus” and “fundamentally wrong,” arguing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should focus on cleaning up crime in his city rather than “weaponizing” his office “to impose a political agenda on society.”

What we’ve seen in Manhattan is we’ve seen the crime rate go up and we’ve seen citizens become less safe, and so you’re talking about this situation with — and look I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, I can’t speak to that. But what I can speak to is …