DeSantis calls possible Trump indictment ‘manufactured circus,’ attacks top prosecutor

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he would not be involved in what he called a “manufactured circus” over a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump by a New York prosecutor over allegations that Trump paid hush money to a porn actress before he was elected in 2016. “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair. I just I can’t speak to that,’’ DeSantis told reporters at a news conference in Panama City, but he instead accused Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, of being funded by George Soros, a liber...