{"id":1976860,"date":"2023-07-18T23:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-proposes-bill-to-defund-jack-smiths-investigation-into-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:21:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:21:24","slug":"matt-gaetz-proposes-bill-to-defund-jack-smiths-investigation-into-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-proposes-bill-to-defund-jack-smiths-investigation-into-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz seeks to defund Jack Smith&#8217;s investigation of Trump."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-gaetz-proposes-bill-to-defund-jack-smiths-investigation-into-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976860&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Congressman Proposes\u2063 Defunding Special \u200bCounsel\u2064 Investigation into Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p>One Republican in\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/congress\">Congress<\/a> proposed \u200bstopping the \u2063flow of money to special counsel \u2062Jack \u200bSmith \u2062to\u2063 rein in \u2064his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">federal investigation<\/a> into former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald \u200bTrump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After \u200dTrump\u200d announced \u200bon Tuesday \u2064that he received <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-expects-to-be-arrested-indicted-by-special-counsel-jack-smith-in-2020-election-case\">a \u201ctarget\u200c letter\u201d<\/a> in the \u20632020 election portion \u200dof \u2063the\u200b inquiry, \u200bRep. <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/matt-gaetz\">Matt \u2063Gaetz<\/a> \u2063(R-FL) said that he was\u200b planning to\u200b introduce\u2063 legislation to \u200cdefund the endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will\u200b be \u2062introducing legislation \u200dto DEFUND Jack\u200b Smith\u2019s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weissmann-lashes-out-at-trump-over-manafort-stone-pardons-cooks-up-new-plot-to-prosecute-them-for-perjury-and-obstruction\/\" title=\"Weissmann Lashes Out at Trump Over Manafort, Stone Pardons \u2013 Cooks Up New Plot to Prosecute Them for Perjury and Obstruction\">witch hunt<\/a> against President Trump,\u201d\u200b Gaetz said in a tweet. \u201cThey are\u2064 attacking\u2064 our democracy and engaging in \u2062election\u200c interference\u2064 right now.\u200b The United\u2064 States Congress\u2063 has the capability to\u2063 stop \u2063this election interference,\u2063 and\u2063 we must act \u2063immediately!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u200da video \u2063he shared in the tweet, Gaetz\u200c said he would\u200c introduce\u2064 the legislation\u200b as\u200c a \u200c\u201cfree-standing bill\u201d that\u2062 would \u200cnot\u2064 have to wait for the \u200dappropriations process.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u200c class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p\u200c lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: \u200cI \u200cwill be\u2063 introducing legislation to DEFUND \u200bJack Smith\u2019s \u2062witch hunt \u200bagainst President\u200d Trump.<\/p>\n<p>They are attacking our democracy and engaging in election interference right now.<\/p>\n<p>The United\u200b States Congress\u200c has \u2062the capability\u200b to \u200bstop\u200c this election \u2063interference, and we must\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g8ZAc4PAyb\">pic.twitter.com\/g8ZAc4PAyb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt Gaetz\u200b (@RepMattGaetz) <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1681364558143791104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u200c 18,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Potential Support \u200cin \u2062the GOP-Led \u2063House<\/h3>\n<p>Such legislation might \u200cgain steam in the\u2063 GOP-led House, \u2063where Speaker Kevin \u2063McCarthy \u2063(R-CA)\u200d raised \u200cconcerns about the \u200cprospect \u200dof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elie-kemper-apologizes-for-participating-in-racist-sexist-debutante-ball-ignorance-is-no-excuse\/\" title=\"Elie Kemper Apologizes For Participating In \u2018Racist,\u2019 \u2018Sexist\u2019 Debutante Ball: \u2018Ignorance Is No Excuse\u2019\">unequal justice<\/a> at a time when \u2062Trump is running for another term in the\u2062 White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you \u2063notice recently, President Trump\u2063 went\u200b up in \u200dthe polls and was actually \u2062surpassing \u2062President [Joe] \u200bBiden for re-election, so what do they do now? Weaponize\u200b government\u200d to go after their No. 1 opponent,\u201d\u2064 McCarthy\u200c <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1681329267768999936\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the bill\u200d would face long \u200bodds in the Senate,\u2063 which is controlled by Democrats,\u2062 and \u200copposition from\u2063 the White House. Gaetz himself\u2064 acknowledged this \u200cchallenge in his video, \u2062saying he was \u201cunder \u2062no \u200cillusions about Joe \u2064Biden signing\u2063 such\u2063 a legislative\u2062 device\u200b into \u200blaw. I know that\u200c [Senate Majority Leader] \u2064Chuck Schumer would \u2063never\u2062 bring \u2063such \u200ba \u200dthing\u2062 up \u200d[for \u200ca \u200bvote], \u2064but\u2062 you deserve to know where your members of Congress are \u200ccounted. Will they \u200dco-sponsor my\u200c legislation?\u200d I \u200dcertainly hope\u200d they\u2063 will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Department \u2062of \u200dJustice \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/millions-more-spent-on-trump-investigations-than-on-biden-document-probe-records-show\">disclosed<\/a> earlier\u2064 this\u200b month\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2023-07\/Special%20Counsel%27s%20Office%20of%20John%20L.%20Smith%20-%20Statement%20of%20Expenditures%20-%20November%2018%202022%20to%20March%2031%202023_FINAL_7.5.23%20v1.pdf\">over \u200d$9 million<\/a> in taxpayer money\u2064 spent \u2062on \u2063Smith\u2019s\u2064 investigation from when \u200bhe was appointed special\u200c counsel in\u2062 November through March,\u2064 an amount <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/07\/07\/special-counsel-spending-trump-probes.html\">that \u200brose above<\/a> reported expenditures\u200c on John Durham\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-proposes-bill-to-defund-jack-smiths-investigation-into-trump\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz seeks to defund Jack Smith's investigation of Trump.\">years-long special \u200dcounsel investigation<\/a> \u200dinto the \u200bRussia matter \u200dand Robert \u200dHur\u2019s special counsel\u200b inquiry into\u2063 Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was tasked \u200bwith\u2062 spearheading\u200c inquiries\u2064 into Trump\u2019s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-made-up-quotes-wapo-ripped-for-reporting-fraudulent-trump-quotes-on-call-with-ga-investigator\/\" title=\"\u2018They Made Up Quotes\u2019: WaPo Ripped For Reporting Fraudulent Trump Quotes On Call With GA Investigator\">alleged efforts<\/a> to overturn the 2020\u200d election results through the\u200b January 6, \u20632021,\u200d certification of the Electoral\u200c College vote, as well as his handling of sensitive documents\u200b after leaving office. Trump, who has already \u200cpleaded\u200d not \u2062guilty\u200c to 37\u2064 charges \u200din the documents case, signaled on \u2062Tuesday\u200b that\u200c another indictment and\u200d arrest may \u200dsoon \u200dfollow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor\u2064 with Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ, sent a letter (again,\u2063 it was Sunday \u200bnight!) stating that \u200cI \u200cam a\u200c TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very\u2062 short \u20634 days \u200cto report to \u2062the\u200c Grand Jury,\u200b which almost always\u200c means an \u2062Arrest and Indictment,\u201d\u2062 Trump said in a\u2064 statement posted \u200bto his\u2064 Truth Social account.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has\u2063 also\u200b pleaded not guilty \u200cto \u2064charges\u2064 in \u2064Manhattan tied to\u200b an alleged \u201chush\u200d money\u201d\u200d scheme, \u2062and may yet be indicted in a 2020 election inquiry\u200c being \u200dconducted \u2063in\u200b <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-georgia-grand-jury-sworn-in-to-consider-criminal-charges-against-trump\">Fulton County, \u200bGeorgia<\/a>. \u2062Trump altogether denies any wronging\u2063 and \u200cclaims\u200d he \u2064is\u2063 the target \u200dof \u200ca \u201cwitch \u200bhunt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One GOP member of Congress suggested cutting funds to special counsel Jack Smith to curb his federal probe into ex-President Donald Trump. 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Matt Gaetz (R-FL) revealed his intention to do so after Trump disclosed receiving a &#8220;target letter&#8221; in the 2020 election segment of the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1976861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}