Kidnapping charges for DeSantis? Newsom’s threats over migrant flights are a ploy, experts say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Threats from Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta to prosecute Florida Gov. Ron Desantis for kidnapping after his administration allegedly sent flights of South American migrants to Sacramento are political posturing, not the basis for a criminal case, legal experts said Tuesday. “There’s an irony to the fact that these criminal justice progressives, who got elected on a criminal justice reform agenda, are now trying to use criminal law in pretty expansive and creative ways to forward their political agenda,” said Andrea Roth, a professor at UC Berkeley School ...