Prosecutor In FL Gunman Case Is Haitian Immigrant

The Daily Beast reports:

Days after Donald Trump spewed conspiracies targeting Haitian migrants on the presidential debate stage, a Haitian-American immigrant has taken charge of the prosecution of an alleged assassin whose plot against the former president was foiled by Secret Service agents at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Markenzy Lapointe, the Justice Department’s top prosecutor for South Florida, was born in Port-au-Prince and immigrated to the U.S. with his mother at age 16.

Lapointe was nominated for the post by President Biden in September 2022 and confirmed by the Senate in December of that year with bipartisan support, including vocal support from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

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Lawrence O’Donnell, “Because history is sometimes perfect, the federal prosecutor now in charge of investigating what he calls and attempted possible assassination of Donald Trump yesterday is an immigrant to this country from Haiti.” pic.twitter.com/bkxRFrguBv

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U.S. Attorney Handling Would-Be Trump Assassin’s Case Is a Haitian Immigrant https://t.co/wgpIqFO4gf via @thedailybeast

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