➡ The text discusses views on restoring faith in the American justice system and improving election integrity in two questions posed to Governor Christie and Governor DeSantis respectively. Christie emphasizes his previous experience in the Justice Department and advocates for an unbiased, justice-focused approach from the attorney general. DeSantis addresses voter fraud concerns, endorsing legislations similar to those implemented in Florida and suggesting complete overhaul within key federal agencies.
➡ The text involves two questions addressed during a Republican National Committee event to Governor Christie and Governor DeSantis. Christie, who served in the Department of Justice, emphasized the need to restore people’s faith in the justice system by appointing unbiased attorneys and avoiding presidential interference in criminal investigations. DeSantis focused on improving election integrity by implementing rigorous voting regulations similar to those in Florida, while also instigating a complete overhaul of agencies such as the FBI and DOJ.

Now, by arrangement with the Republican National Committee, we’ve got two questions for you about the Justice Department and our election system. Here’s Tom Fitton with Judicial Watch. Governor Christie, this one’s for you. President Trump and many of his supporters claim federal law enforcement agencies have abused his civil rights for the last eight years by, among other things, eyeing on him and now prosecuting him while having treated Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden with kid gloves.

A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans think more highly of the US Postal Service than they do the FBI or Justice Department. What would you do as president to restore the faith of the American people in these agencies? Well, first off, I’m the only person on this stage who’s actually done a job in the Department of Justice. I was the US attorney in New Jersey, in the fifth largest office in this country, appointed by President Bush on September 10, 2001.

And it was an extraordinary time in this country to be on the front lines of fighting the greatest attack against our country since Pearl Harbor. And I’m proud of the seven years I spent in the Justice Department. And one of the reasons I am is because I had an attorney general when I came in named John Ashcroft. And John Ashcroft stood up and told each and every one of us our job was to do one thing, to make sure justice was done every day, regardless of partisanship, regardless of gender or race or any other consideration.

And that’s what we did for seven years. And at a time when our country was at its greatest moment of danger in the last 40 years, we did exactly that. And there was not another domestic terrorist attack on this soil. So what I would do as president, having had that experience, and the only one who’s had that experience, is to pick an attorney general who will absolutely do the same thing that John Ashcroft did, to pick U.

S. Attorneys who will only care about making sure that justice is done without regard to any other consideration but the facts that are presented and whether someone is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and the government can prove it. We have had attorneys general like Eric Holder and Loretta lynch and Jeff Sessions and now our current attorney general who have not met that standard. And the only way you restore people’s faith in the justice system is to put someone like that in charge of the Justice Department and then as president, to get at the hell out of the way on anything that involves criminal investigations.

If a president’s involved in trying to do something and put their thumb on the scale, as Donald Trump says he will do, that makes people much less likely to believe our justice system can be fair. Thank you. Thank you, Governor DeSantis. Next one for you. Back to Tom Fitton. Many Republicans are concerned about the legitimacy of elections. A federal judge just ruled that Pennsylvania must count undated mail in ballots.

And unlike Alabama, many states still don’t require any identification to vote. What should states do now to increase election integrity and voter confidence for the 2024 election? Well, Tom, thanks for the question. Thanks for you guys doing judicial watch. It’s really, really important. There’s a lot of corruption in this government. You guys are doing a great job. What you should do for election integrity is do what we did in Florida 20 years ago.

Florida and elections was a joke. Everybody would laugh at it. I came in, I removed a couple of supervisors from South Florida. We require voter ID, universal. No Zuckerbucks, no mass mail balloting, and no ballot harvesting. We even have an agency that prosecutes people for violating election laws. The result of that in both 2000 and 22,022, we counted millions and millions of votes on election night, produced the results.

It was transparent and everybody was happy. That is not happening throughout this country. But let me tell you this. As the nominee, I think it’s important. Not every state’s where we need it to be. There is ballot harvesting in places like Nevada. All these places. I am not going to fight with one hand tied behind my back. I’m going to have organizations in all the swing states. If they’re harvesting, we’re harvesting.

If they’re Zuckerbucks, we’re Zuckerbucks. We are going to exploit whatever the rules are. I favor changing the rules to be like Florida and some of the other states that have done a good job, but until then, we have to do that. And then just on the Justice Department and FBI, I mean, I remember being in Iraq working with FBI on the ground, and then I was a special assistant in.

I used to have such a high regard for these agencies. What they did to Donald Trump with the Russia collusion was one of the biggest abuses of power in the history of our country. These agencies need to be cleaned out. With me, you’ll have a new FBI director on Day One. We’re going to clear out the DOJ, the IRS, all these places. Buckle your seatbelts. There’s going to be a new sheriff in town.

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