U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that the Justice Department will "spare no resource" in the investigation of the second assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said state law enforcement officials will launch their own criminal investigation that will run parallel to the federal probe.
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00:00I just want to note the FBI is continuing to investigate the apparent assassination attempt
00:04of the former president that occurred on Sunday in Florida. We are grateful that he is safe.
00:12The entire Justice Department, including in particular the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office
00:17for the Southern District of Florida, and the National Security Division
00:20are all coordinating closely with our local state law enforcement partners on the ground.
00:25We will all work together to tirelessly determine accountability in this matter.
00:33We will spare no resource in this investigation.
00:36Today, I'm signing an executive order assigning the case involving the attempted assassination
00:43of former President Donald Trump to the Office of Statewide Prosecutor under the supervision
00:48of Attorney General Ashley Moody. The suspect, Ryan Ralph, is believed to have committed state
00:54law violations across multiple judicial circuits in the state. Palm Beach Judicial Circuit,
01:00the judicial circuit including Martin County, as well as perhaps the judicial circuit represented
01:06by Broward County. Also, the state of Florida has jurisdiction over the most serious straightforward
01:13offense, which is attempted murder. I've directed state agencies to move expeditiously and provide
01:19full transparency to the public. In my judgment, it's not in the best interest of our state or our
01:25nation to have the same federal agencies that are seeking to prosecute Donald Trump leading
01:30this investigation, especially when the most serious straightforward offense constitutes a
01:36violation of state law, but not federal law. In addition to holding the suspect accountable,
01:43the public deserves to know the truth about how this assassination came to be,
01:49and I've directed all state agencies to work expeditiously to be able to uncover the truth
01:56in addition to holding this suspect accountable.