Ron DeSantis, widely considered former President Donald Trump's top potential GOP primary rival, is expected to launch his White House bid in the coming weeks.
on the matter, unpersuaded that Donalds controlled the state group's moves after he resigned.
Friends of Ron DeSantis could soon try to transfer a moneybag roughly 800 times the size of Donalds'. But experts say that when it comes to the law, size doesn't matter. "Ultimately, the legal principles aren't really changed by the amount of money involved," Bradley Smith, a Republican former FEC commissioner, said of the potential transfer of funds.The state committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis, appears to be positioning itself for the transfer. The group this week selected state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, a Republican ally of DeSantis, to take over as its chairman.
Spokespeople for Never Back Down declined CNBC's requests for comment about the state committee's reported transfer of funds.Backed by a heavily Republican state Legislature, DeSantis spent the preceding two months passing reams of that broadly sketch the kind of populist, culture-focused agenda he is expected to espouse on the campaign trail.
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