Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice formally declare if they plan to cooperate with the state’s investigation of the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

In a September 23 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe, Moody asks them to respond by Friday about whether they plan to invoke a federal provision that would federal officials to not cooperate with Florida’s investigation, including allowing the state access to evidence already collected by federal agencies.

The code in question is 18 U.S. Code § 351, and it relates to the assassination, kidnapping and assault of government officials. Paragraph f of that section states that if federal investigative or prosecutive jurisdiction is asserted for a violation of this section, such assertion shall suspend the exercise of jurisdiction by a state or local authority, under any applicable state or local law, until federal action is terminated.

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