{"id":2015607,"date":"2023-08-29T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-seeks-to-cut-federal-funding-for-candidate-prosecutions\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:01:57","slug":"gop-congressman-seeks-to-cut-federal-funding-for-candidate-prosecutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-seeks-to-cut-federal-funding-for-candidate-prosecutions\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressman Aims to Reduce Federal Funding for Candidate Prosecutions"},"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\">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%2Fgop-congressman-seeks-to-cut-federal-funding-for-candidate-prosecutions%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=2015607&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 \u2062Congressman Seeks to Protect Presidential Candidates from \u2064Prosecution<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) is taking a stand to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-eyes-rd-bill-to-bolster-competitiveness-with-china\/\" title=\"Senate Eyes R&#038;D Bill to Bolster Competitiveness With China\">prevent federal funds<\/a>\u200b from being used to prosecute major presidential candidates\u2064 before elections, including former President Donald Trump.\u2063 As a new member of the House Appropriations \u2063Committee, Clyde is working on two amendments to \u200bthe Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies\u200b (CJS) \u200bAppropriations Bill\u2062 for Fiscal Year 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, President Trump is\u2064 facing prosecution \u2064in Florida, Georgia, New York, and the District\u2062 of Columbia. Many Republicans believe \u2064that these\u200c charges are politically motivated, especially considering his\u200c potential \u20632024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-republicans-probe-georgias-prosecution-of-trump-decrying-impact-on-free-speech-and-elections-5480010\">House Republicans Probe Fulton County DA&#8217;s Prosecution of Trump<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/24\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/prosecuting-president-trump-will-set-bad-precedent-for-future-sen-lindsey-graham-5466286\">Prosecuting President Trump Will \u2064Set Bad \u200cPrecedent for Future: Sen.\u2063 Lindsey Graham<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/15\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Georgia, President \u200dTrump was recently charged with multiple\u2064 crimes \u2062related to his actions during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-to-defund-special-counsel-jack-smith-hits-congress-we-must-act-immediately\/\" title=\"Congress receives urgent bill to defund Special Counsel Jack Smith: 'Immediate action required!'\">2020 presidential\u200c election<\/a>. He was even \u200cforced to surrender \u2063to\u200c the Fulton County jail for booking. These developments\u2062 have raised concerns among Republicans\u2062 about the fairness and impartiality of the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, Clyde&#8217;s first amendment would prohibit the use of federal funds for supporting prosecutions, while\u200d the second \u200damendment would extend this prohibition to state prosecutions as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Americans&#8217; hard-earned tax dollars have no place \u200cfunding the\u200c radical\u2064 Left&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-seeks-to-cut-federal-funding-for-candidate-prosecutions\/\" title=\"GOP Congressman Aims to Reduce Federal Funding for Candidate Prosecutions\">nefarious election interference \u2064efforts<\/a>,&#8221; said Clyde in a press release \u2062from his office. He further criticized the intentions\u200c behind the charges, stating, &#8220;These \u200cbogus charges\u200b are\u200b undoubtedly \u200bintended to smear and take down President Trump, \u2063as\u2064 well as hinder\u2062 his \u200bability to campaign effectively. This overt election interference continues to undermine both our \u2062Republic and \u2062our fair system of justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Concerns About Prosecution<\/h2>\n<p>Clyde emphasized that the American \u2062people\u200b should decide the outcome of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a>, not &#8220;Deep\u2063 State actors&#8221; who have been\u200d attacking \u200bDonald\u200d Trump \u200csince his first bid in \u20642015. He\u200d called on his House Appropriations colleagues to join him in protecting the \u200bintegrity of elections and dismantling the two-tiered system of\u2064 justice.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, House\u200b Republicans have launched an investigation into the Georgia \u200bprosecution of President Trump. They have \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-senate-weighs-antitrust-bills-apples-ceo-called-ted-cruz-with-significant-concerns\/\" title=\"As Senate Weighs Antitrust Bills, Apple\u2019s CEO Called Ted Cruz With \u2018Significant Concerns\u2019\">expressed significant concerns<\/a> about the impact of the case \u200con the government and political process. In a letter to \u200dthe district attorney for Fulton County, Fani Willis, the House Judiciary Committee requested documents addressing these concerns by \u200dSept. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the other hand, have \u200dbeen vocal in their support of the charges\u200c against the former president. They argue that no one is above the law and\u200d that these federal\u2064 charges, resulting\u2062 from an independent \u2063special \u200ccounsel&#8217;s\u2062 investigation, uphold\u200b the principle of justice. However, Republicans defending President Trump have faced \u2063criticism from their Democratic \u2064counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, Rep. Clyde remains\u200d committed\u2063 to protecting presidential candidates from\u2063 what he sees as\u2063 politically \u2063motivated prosecutions. He believes that Congress \u200bmust use its power to safeguard elections and restore faith in \u200dthe government and the justice \u2062system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) aims to halt federal funding for prosecuting major presidential candidates, like former President Donald Trump, prior to elections. As a new member of the House Appropriations Committee, Clyde is developing two amendments to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill to prevent such funds from being utilized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1843,"featured_media":2015608,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2015607","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\/1843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}