Florida CFO Wants State ‘Defense Fund’ for Candidates Who are ‘Political Targets’ of DOJ

The goal is to have the initiative brought before the regular legislative session that begins in January.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis speaks before introducing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a rally for Florida Republicans at the Cheyenne Saloon in Orlando on Nov. 7, 2022. Octavio Jones/Getty Images

KISSIMMEE, Fla.–Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Jimmy Patronis, took the stage at the Florida Freedom Summit on Nov. 4 to share his plan to fight what he sees as a corrupted and politically motivated federal justice system.

“We need to set up a new legal defense fund for any Florida presidential candidate when they are targeted by politically motivated prosecutors provided by the Department of Justice (DOJ),” he told the summit audience. “These men who are brave enough to put a name on the ballot, we should protect them.”