{"id":2014093,"date":"2023-08-28T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-hopes-to-defund-trump-prosecutions-through-appropriations-process\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:35:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:35:05","slug":"house-republican-hopes-to-defund-trump-prosecutions-through-appropriations-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-hopes-to-defund-trump-prosecutions-through-appropriations-process\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans aim to halt funding for Trump prosecutions via appropriations process."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fhouse-republican-hopes-to-defund-trump-prosecutions-through-appropriations-process%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=2014093&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>House Republicans Target Criminal Investigations into Former President\u2062 Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p>House \u2063Republicans are exploring various strategies to address the ongoing \u200dcriminal investigations into former President Donald Trump. One lawmaker, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), plans \u2064to leverage the \u200bannual appropriations process to defund these prosecutions as Congress reconvenes next\u200c month.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u2062Clyde intends to introduce two amendments \u2063aimed at \u2063prohibiting the use of \u200cfunds for the prosecution of any \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-hopes-to-defund-trump-prosecutions-through-appropriations-process\/\" title=\"House Republicans aim to halt funding for Trump prosecutions via appropriations process.\">major presidential candidate leading<\/a> up to the 2024 \u2062election. \u2062One amendment would restrict \u200bfunds for federal prosecutions, while the other would \u2062target state prosecutions. These measures are part of \u200dthe Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, one \u2064of the 12 spending bills that \u2063Congress \u200dmust pass by September \u206330 to fund the government.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmericans\u2019 hard-earned tax dollars have no place\u2063 funding the radical Left\u2019s nefarious\u2063 election interference efforts,\u201d Clyde stated,\u200d specifically referencing Trump\u2019s four criminal \u2064cases. \u201cThese bogus charges \u2062are undoubtedly intended to smear and take down President Trump, \u200cas \u2063well as\u2064 hinder his ability to campaign effectively. This \u2062overt election \u200cinterference continues to undermine both our Republic and our fair system of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President Trump currently faces 91 criminal charges across four investigations, which he and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill\u200d have \u2064dismissed as partisan\u2064 endeavors. The \u200dcharges range from falsifying business records to obstruction \u200drelated to\u200c his attempts to\u200b overturn the 2020 \u200celection results.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Clyde emphasized the importance \u2063of Congress using its power \u2062of the purse to safeguard the integrity of\u2062 elections and prevent prosecutors from targeting top presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe American people get to decide who wins the White House \u2014 not Deep State actors \u200bwho have shamelessly attacked Donald Trump since he announced his\u2062 first bid in 2015,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the specific language for the amendments has yet to be drafted,\u2062 Rep. Clyde plans to \u2062introduce the\u2063 legislation during\u2063 the House Appropriations Committee&#8217;s CJS markup in September.<\/p>\n<p>The level \u2062of support \u2062these amendments \u200cwill receive among House Republicans remains uncertain. Nevertheless, they represent the latest endeavor to incorporate conservative priorities into\u2064 the annual spending bills.<\/p>\n<p>Congress must pass its budget by the \u200cend of\u200d September\u2062 before the new fiscal year\u200c commences on October 1, or else \u200ca government shutdown looms. Budget \u2062disagreements often prolong as both parties vie for their legislative priorities, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-eyes-appropriations-process-to-defund-trump-prosecutions\/\" title=\"House Republican seeks to defund Trump prosecutions through appropriations process.\">final agreement typically reached<\/a> at \u200bthe eleventh hour.<\/p>\n<p>Before\u200d the \u200dAugust recess, the House managed to pass only one of \u2062the 12 spending\u200d bills. With House lawmakers returning on September 12, they \u2063have a mere 18 days to pass a budget.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, lawmakers agree to a continuing resolution that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-approves-continuing-resolution-to-avoid-government-shutdown-till-mid-december\/\" title=\"Senate Approves Continuing Resolution to Avoid Government Shutdown Till Mid-December\">maintains current spending levels<\/a> until a broader agreement is reached. However, some staunch conservatives \u2062have already dismissed\u2063 this approach, stating that they are not concerned about a government shutdown if\u2062 it\u2064 means passing a more \u200cconservative budget.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the House\u2062 Freedom Caucus have pledged not to support a stopgap \u200dspending \u200bmeasure unless it\u2063 is tied to several policy victories. This\u2063 sets the stage for a contentious \u200cbattle with GOP leadership. Their demands include passing the House GOP border\u200c security bill, addressing the &#8220;unprecedented\u2063 weaponization&#8221; of \u200bthe Justice Department, and\u200c ending the implementation of &#8220;cancerous woke policies&#8221; at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAny support for a \u2018clean\u2019 Continuing\u2064 Resolution\u2064 would be an affirmation of\u200d the current FY 2023 spending level grossly increased by the lame-duck December 2022 \u2063omnibus spending bill that we all vehemently opposed just seven months \u200dago,\u201d caucus\u200d members wrote\u2062 in a letter outlining their stance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are exploring options to undermine criminal investigations into ex-President Donald Trump. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) plans to introduce amendments to defund prosecutions through the annual appropriations process when Congress reconvenes next month. 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