Trump allies hit DeSantis with ‘shadow’ presidential campaign complaint

Former President’s Supporters Donald TrumpThe 2024 campaign brought a new ethics complaint against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). Running a “shadow presidential campaign” Florida election laws are infringed.

DeSantis was repeatedly attacked by the ex-president, and he has yet not to publicly announce his plans. White House In recent months, bid was voted Trump’s main opponent in the Republican primary polling. Yet This is a new complaint This is the first time Trump World has attempted to change DeSantis’s strategy. It calls for a state commission that would require DeSantis to be removed from office and officially enter the presidential race.

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MAGA Inc., a super PAC that supports Trump, sent the formal complaint via certified mail Wednesday morning, to Glenton Gilzean, Jr., Florida Commission on Ethics chair. Trump officials confirm the Washington Examiner.

NBC News The first to report on the MAGA Inc. filing was noted that it is still a long way from removing DeSantis, considering that the governor of Florida appointed five of the nine current members.

“I guess we’ll see,” One official from MAGA Inc. told the Washington ExaminerWhen asked whether the group believed in the viability of the complaint, he replied: “It’s certainly fun.”

MAGA Inc. chief Taylor Budowich, and counsel, seek to provide information in the 15-page document. “ample evidence” How it works “DeSantis, in concert with certain associated political committees, political consultants, and a 501(c)(4) organization, has solicited and received millions of dollars’ worth of illegal gifts in violation of Florida State ethics laws and the Florida Constitution.”

“Absent immediate action by the Commission, Governor DeSantis will continue violating the law by accepting additional gifts that are clearly intended by self-interested organizations to influence his official judgment to submit an irrevocable resignation letter as required by Section 99.012(4)(a) of the Florida Statutes,” Budowich writes.”

Under the current law, Florida officials are barred from running for national office unless they resign from their state positions. People close to DeSantis have suggested that he would wait to announce a campaign for president until after the coming state legislature session, where the Republican majority is expected to amend the rule so that DeSantis could remain governor while campaigning for the presidency.

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MAGA Inc. argues that DeSantis is meeting and will continue to meet “influential figures” and vet campaign operatives in early primary states. The second-term governor traveled to Iowa in March and will headline an upcoming GOP fundraiser in New Hampshire, but his political team has denied reports suggesting they have started interviewing potential campaign staffers.

The complaint also accuses DeSantis of illegal fundraising, both through multiple, outside super PACs supporting his yet-to-materialize candidacy, and his official Florida political committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis, “Despite being in Florida’s term limit, he was still able to work.” Finally, the complaint claims that during the governor’s recent “Book tours that are personally profitable” DeSantis has been showered with illegal gifts and national attention.