Corrupting the law for political purposes poisons democracy, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in the aftermath of the indictment of his main rival in the 2024 primary race, former President Donald Trump.
In a statement Thursday night on Twitter, DeSantis offered no defense of Trump, who faces a seven-count indictment related to his handling of classified material. Instead, he focused on the issue of warping the law to suit partisan ends.
“The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation,” the governor wrote.

“Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?” he said, referring to the lack o …