DeSantis said that his state would not assist in any extradition request given the "questionable circumstances" surrounding the case and the prosecutor's alleged ties to liberal billionaire George Soros. "The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law to downgrade felonies and excuse criminal misconduct. Now he is stretching the law to target a political opponent. Florida will not assist in an extradition request given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda."
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March 31, 2023
Trump has been the subject of a years-long investigation by the District Attorney's Office, potentially related to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal. Both payments were revealed and reported by Fox News in 2018 and investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York and the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
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Although the FEC closed its investigation in 2021, the U.S. Attorney's Office opted out of charging Trump related to the Daniels payment in 2019, with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen implicating the former President as part of his plea deal.
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