Former President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to “defund” the Justice Department and the FBI.
Former President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to “defund” the Justice Department and the FBI on Wednesday, a day after his historic indictment and casting himself as the victim of law enforcement agencies he claims have been hijacked by the left to prevent him from being re-elected president.... [+]Copyright 2023 The Associated Press.
The narrative also plays into President Joe Biden’s and Democrats’ attempts to flip the script on the “defund” narrative by claiming the GOP now wants to “defund” law enforcement, while pointing to the various Republican-led investigations into Trump’s conduct, including Justice Department probes into his role in the January 6 Capitol riots and handling of classified documents after leaving office.
The Truth Social post echoes Trump’s post-indictment speech on Tuesday night, where he launched personal attacks on law enforcement officials involved in cases against him, including the Manhattan criminal court judge who oversaw his Tuesday arraignment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, DOJ special counsel Jack Smith, the Fulton County District Attorney investigating his role in efforts to overturn election results in the state, the New York Attorney General who filed a civil lawsuit...
Mar-A-Lago, while claiming “the only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it.”on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection to hush-money schemes prosecutors said he helped orchestrate to cover up allegations of three extramarital affairs—marking the first-ever criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president.
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