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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly in Washington

DeSantis leads Republican support for Trump after election subversion charges

While Democrats and progressives welcomed Donald Trump’s federal indictment on four charges relating to his attempted election subversion, the former president’s chief rival for the 2024 Republican nomination rallied to his defense.

Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor who is a distant second to Trump in primary polling, swiftly issued a statement that notably did not mention Trump by name.

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