“neverbackdown group were basically hosting events and transporting desantis around to different events”
The details may matter—but that could be illegal.
Fear of legal consequences may be one reason why key campaign players are running for cover.
There was no ‘possibly illegal’ in what desantis did.
Read the prior AP news article on the illegal activities that were done by desantis, and the washpo article linked in this ap article to see how everybody was involved.