Former President Donald Trump called for Republicans on Capitol Hill to cut funding for the FBI and Justice Department after his indictment, potentially affecting the GOP's tough-on-crime messaging.
Trump's comments came not only amid his own criminal charges in New York but also broader conservative concerns about the"weaponization" of the legal and criminal justice systems.The former president said Congress should “DEFUND THE DOJ AND FBI UNTIL THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES” in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday responding to the Justice Department’s investigation of whether he mishandled classified documents at his personal residence and whether he incited the Jan.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has already given Jordan permission to examine federal funding for prosecutors like Manhattan's Alvin Bragg investigating Trump. Republicans have championed the message this year that Democrats and the Biden administration are weak on crime after violent crime is up nationwide, especially in major cities, where Democrats have their main support base. Last year, Gallup found that a record 56% of people reported crime had gone up in their area, which was the highest uptick since the poll first started asking the question in 1972.
Heye recommends Republicans, especially those in swing districts, should come out powerfully against Trump’s defund the Justice Department and FBI message.
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