Markenzy Lapointe, the Justice Department’s top prosecutor for South Florida, has taken charge of the case of the alleged Trump golf course attempted assassin. Lapointe was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and immigrated to the U.S. with his mother at age 16.
Only days before Secret Service agents discovered a rifle sticking out of the bushes along Trump’s course, Trump and Vance were spewing hateful conspiracies against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.
Lapointe’s family settled in the Miami area, and he worked as a cab driver and a server alongside his mother at an upscale restaurant in Key Biscayne.
He was a U.S. Marine reservist who was called up to serve during the Gulf War. “It mattered to me as an immigrant who came here and could contribute to this country in a special way,” Lapointe said.
Lapointe was nominated by President Biden in 2022, and was confirmed by a bipartisan Senate vote, including vocal support from Marco Rubio.
