A day after he was arrested on criminal charges, former President Trump calls on Republicans in Congress to 'defund' the Justice Department and FBI ahead of a government funding deadline this fall.
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has also suggested that the Republican-led House use its purse strings to limit federal law enforcement.
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, a member of party leadership in the Democratic-controlled Senate, said that’s not going to happen. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the vice chair and top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, rejected the call from Trump. Jordan has, for months, railed against the alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department and the FBI, accusing them of unfairly targeting conservatives. The two law enforcement entities are a major focus of the new House panel he leads, the committee on theCongress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government or force a shutdown of federal agencies. With the two parties far apart on priorities, it’s not clear what a deal might look like.
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