Ron DeSantis ‘to announce presidential run on Twitter with Elon Musk’ – as it happened
Florida governor reportedly to officially announce campaign on platform; McCarthy says debt deal possibly by 1 June
Ahead of Florida governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign announcement tomorrow, the Guardian's Richard Luscombe reports that a program set up by his administration to hire police officers brought people to the state with checkered pasts:
Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash from Governor Ron DeSantis's flagship law enforcement relocation program have histories of excessive violence or have been arrested for crimes including kidnapping and murder since signing up, a study of state documents has found.
Some of Trump's close associates are bracing for his indictment and anticipate being able to fundraise off a prosecution, people in the former president's circle said, as clashes within the Trump legal team have led to the departure of a key lawyer.
In recent weeks prosecutors working for Smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at Trump's Florida home, from top political aides to maids and maintenance staff, the people said. Prosecutors have pressed witnesses-some in multiple rounds of testimony-on questions that appeared to home in on specific elements Smith's team would need to show to prove a crime, including those that speak to Trump's intentions, and questions aimed at undermining potential defenses Trump could raise, they said.
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