Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, on Sunday, said that he would prosecute the case. By Monday morning, Aronberg said that he had deferred prosecution to the federal government, saying in a radio interview that he usually defers to the federal government, but not always. The State of Florida and the federal government can prosecute at the same time. By deferring to the federal government, and abandoning the state prosecution, Aronberg allowed the defendant to be taken to Federal Detention Center in Miami, and away from questioning by the Palm Beach County Sheriff. Aronberg’s almost immediate decision to not prosecute the case guarantees that the federal government controls access to the defendant and controls the flow of information in the case. State Attorney Dave Aronberg is a democrat who almost immediately ceded the case to the United States Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is prosecuting former President Trump in two separate criminal cases. Now David Aronberg tries to defend his almost immediate decision to not prosecute by saying that the federal government and state prosecutors shouldn’t compete against each other; they should cooperate. This is a false narrative. Federal law enforcement agencies and state law enforcement would have, cooperated if Aronberg had prosecuted the case. What is most important to the U.S. Justice Dept. less than two months before the presidential election is that access to the defendant is under their control as is what information will be given, or won’t be given, to the public. Aronberg’s decision to not prosecute makes this possible.
Comment posted by Blaise Trettis