DeSantis joins Trump in threatening to defund the FBI and DOJ

Ron DeSantis has joined Donald Trump's call to defund the Justice Department and FBI over its 'weaponization' of the legal system by its investigations of the former president.

The Florida governor also attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who indicted Trump earlier this week, saying 'if we had somebody in Tampa that was trying to pursue that agenda, I'd yanked him from his position.'

DeSantis' tough talk comes as polls show that, even in the wake of his indictment, Trump leads him in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis has not officially announced he's running but is widely expected to announce a bid.   

Previously, DeSantis has hammered the legal system, including calling on Congress to defund the two powerful federal agencies, hinting that, if he were president, he wouldn't be afraid to slash their budgets.