The speech was DeSantis' first major public address following the FBI's raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump has backed both Lake and Blake Masters, an Arizona GOP Senate candidate who will also be at Sunday's event.
The Florida governor criticized the FBI action in a tweet last week, claiming it was an example of politicians weaponizing law enforcement.
TECH GIANTS JOIN FORCES WITH DHS IN HERCULEAN BATTLE AGAINST CHILD EXPLOITATION
"The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves," DeSantis wrote. "Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic."
HORRIFIC FOOTAGE EMERGES: FRANTIC RESCUE EFFORTS AFTER RUSSIAN MISSILES HIT UKRAINIAN CITY (WATCH)
Trump called on the FBI to return many of the records taken in the raid on Sunday after Fox News reported that some of them were under attorney-client privilege.
HIGH-STAKES SUMMIT: G7 MULLS SANCTIONS ON IRAN, WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?
Attorney-client privilege is the legal right of keeping communications between attorneys and their clients private.
BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS SHOCKING SAFETY CONCERNS PLAGUING BOEING'S 787 DREAMLINERS
"Oh great! It has just been learned that the FBI, in its now famous raid of Mar-a-Lago, took boxes of privileged 'attorney-client' material, and also 'executive' privileged material, which they knowingly should not have taken," Trump wrote. "By copy of this TRUTH, I respectfully request that these documents be immediately returned to the location from which they were taken. Thank you!"
UNTHINKABLE IMPACT: ISS DEBRIS STRIKES FLORIDA RESIDENCE, NASA LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION
DeSantis was also scheduled to appear at a Sunday rally in New Mexico for Mark Ronchetti, a Republican who is running for governor there.
They are among a host of candidates endorsed by Trump who have embraced his claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
POLITICAL FIRESTORM: SPEAKER JOHNSON FACING FIERCE REBELLION OVER FOREIGN AID BILLS
But it's "America's governor," as Kirk put it, who is hitting the campaign trail this month to boost GOP candidates in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania ahead of the November midterms.
Agents recovered 11 sets of confidential records—including some marked top secret and "sensitive compartmented information"—from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, according to court papers released on Friday.
PROGRESSIVES LAUNCH 'PROTECT THE SQUAD' INITIATIVE AMIDST RISING PRESSURE
Meanwhile, Charlie Crist, a former Florida governor seeking the Democratic nomination to run against DeSantis in November, slammed the governor for the rallies.
PUTIN SHARES 'PEARLS OF WISDOM' WITH IRANIAN COUNTERPART AFTER ATTACK ON ISRAEL
"While Ron DeSantis is busy campaigning for election denying insurrectionist-loving fascists across the country, I'll be right here in Florida fighting for a better future for our people,' he tweeted on Friday. "Who do you think better represents our state?"
Discover alternative ideas that will make you think
Engage in mind bending debate
Earn points, rise in rank, have fun
