佛罗里达州共和党州长。罗恩·德桑蒂斯舒克打破了沉默可能的起诉前总统唐纳德·特朗普在讲话中，他先是批评了将发布起诉书的曼哈顿地区检察官，然后又抨击了前总统。
“我们不参与此事。不会被牵扯进来。我对卷入某种人为的马戏表演没有兴趣……”德桑蒂斯在佛罗里达州巴拿马城的新闻发布会上说。
《佛罗里达标准报》(Florida Standard)的一名记者问德桑蒂斯，他对传言中的特朗普指控有何看法，他是否“在其中扮演了任何角色”，如果对特朗普提出指控，德桑蒂斯是否会“在引渡到纽约的过程中扮演任何角色”，因为特朗普现在是佛罗里达州的居民。
“听着，我不知道付钱给一个色情明星封口费以确保对某种所谓的事件保持沉默会有什么后果。我只是不能说，”德桑蒂斯说，没有直接提到特朗普的名字。
“但我可以说的是，如果你有一个检察官无视他管辖范围内每天发生的犯罪，他选择回到许多年前，试图利用色情明星封口费付款的事情，你知道，这是追求政治议程和武器化办公室的一个例子，”他继续说。
曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格(Alvin Bragg)办公室的一名女发言人在回应德桑蒂斯关于布拉格“忽视”犯罪的评论时说，“我们不会被破坏司法程序的企图吓倒，也不会让毫无根据的指控阻止我们公平地适用法律。”
周六早上，特朗普在其社交媒体平台上声称他将于周二被捕，与曼哈顿地区检察官对封口费在2016年总统选举前向斯托米·丹尼尔斯付款的调查有关——他还呼吁他的支持者抗议。
2023年3月7日，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在塔拉哈西的国会大厦回答问题。
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自特朗普上周六发布消息以来，特朗普的盟友和支持者一直在公开敦促德桑蒂斯对特朗普可能被起诉的声明进行权衡。他们还向德桑蒂斯施压，可能会阻止特朗普从佛罗里达州引渡到纽约。
德桑蒂斯被广泛认为是特朗普最强的竞争对手2024年共和党总统候选人提名。知情人士告诉ABC新闻，佛罗里达州州长私下向盟友表示，他预计将在5月或6月左右参加竞选。
前特朗普高级顾问杰森·米勒感谢其他一些已确认或可能的2024年共和党竞选人的评论，抨击潜在的起诉，同时谴责德桑蒂斯和有希望的妮基·黑利不回应新闻。
米勒在一份声明中说:“副总统迈克·彭斯和维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，感谢你们指出激进的左翼民主党人是如何以党派政治的名义试图分裂我们的国家。”自录音再现装置发出的高音在星期六。
州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯和Amb的无线电静默。妮基·黑利，”他说。
周六，前副总统迈克·彭斯表示，对川普的起诉可能是“一项带有政治色彩的起诉”在面试中与ABC新闻“本周”的联合主持人乔纳森·卡尔，在周六。
拉马斯瓦米发微博周六，特朗普被起诉将是一场国家灾难。
拉马斯瓦米写道:“执政党利用警察权力逮捕其政治对手，这不符合美国精神。”。
“这将标志着美国历史上的黑暗时刻，并将破坏公众对我们选举制度本身的信任。我呼吁曼哈顿地区检察官重新考虑这一行动，为了维护我们的宪政共和国，将党派政治放在一边。
DeSantis swipes at Trump while decrying former president's possible indictment
Florida GOP Gov.Ron DeSantison Monday broke his silence onpossible indictmentof former PresidentDonald Trumpin remarks that first criticized the Manhattan district attorney who would issue the indictment but then swiped at the former president.
"We are not involved in this. Won't be involved in this. I have no interest in getting involved in some type of manufactured circus..." DeSantis said at a news conference in Panama City, Florida.
DeSantis was asked by a reporter from the Florida Standard what his thoughts were "on the rumored Trump indictment, if he had "any role in it," and if charges were brought against Trump, would DeSantis "have any role in extradition to New York," since Trump is now a Florida resident.
"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 just can't speak to that," DeSantis said, without mentioning Trump directly by name.
"But what I can speak to is that if you have a prosecutor who is ignoring crimes happening every single day in his jurisdiction, and he chooses to go back many many years ago to try to use something about porn star hush money payments, you know, that's an example of pursuing a political agenda, and weaponizing the office," he continued.
A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, in response to DeSantis' comment Bragg is "ignoring" crimes, said, "We will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process, nor will we let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law."
On his social media platform Saturday morning, Trumpclaimedthat he would be arrested Tuesday in connection to the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election -- he also called for his supporters to protest.
Trump's allies and supporters have been publicly urging DeSantis to weigh in on Trump's proclamation of his possible indictment since the former president posted the news on Saturday. They've also pressured DeSantis to possibly block Trump's extradition from Florida to New York.
DeSantis is widely considered to beTrump's strongest competitorfor the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. The Florida governor has privately indicated to allies that he expects to jump in the race around May or June, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Former Trump senior adviser Jason Miller thanked some other confirmed or possible 2024 GOP contenders for their comments slamming the potential indictment while condemning DeSantis and hopeful Nikki Haley for not responding to the news.
"Thank you, Vice President Mike Pence and Vivek Ramaswamy, for pointing out how Radical Left Democrats are trying to divide our Country in the name of Partisan Politics," Miller said in atweeton Saturday.
"Radio silence from Gov. Ron DeSantis and Amb. Nikki Haley," he said.
On Saturday, former Vice President Mike Pence said that the possible indictment of Trump would be "a politically charged prosecution,"during an interviewwith ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, on Saturday.
Ramaswamytweetedon Saturday that a "Trump indictment would be a national disaster."
"It is un-American for the ruling party to use police power to arrest its political rivals," Ramaswamy wrote.
"This will mark a dark moment in American history and will undermine public trust in our electoral system itself. I call on the Manhattan District Attorney to reconsider this action and to put aside partisan politics in service of preserving our Constitutional republic," he said.
