Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis referred to the “weaponization” of federal agencies – echoing a previous statement in his first public appearance since the indictment of former President Donald Trump.
The governor made his comments at a speech at the North Carolina GOP State Convention in Greensboro on Friday.
“Our founding fathers would have absolutely predicted the weaponization that we’ve seen with these agencies, particularly Justice and FBI, because when you don’t have constitutional accountability, human nature is such that they will abuse their power. And that’s what happened,” DeSantis said.
As he did on Twitter, DeSantis cited Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden to argue the presence of a double standard of justice in America.
He did not, however, name Trump, who had the steadfast support of some of the attendees.
-ABC News’ Will McDuffie and Elizabeth Schulze
