Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene rekindled their calls to defund the office of Jack Smith after the special counsel’s move to hand former President Donald Trump a third indictment.
A federal grand jury on Tuesday delivered the indictment to Mr. Trump, which carries four criminal charges stemming from the ex-president’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and events leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol.
Mr. Gaetz, Florida Republican, introduced his measure to defund Mr. Smith’s office in July. He took to social media to again rally behind his legislation, which would halt any authorized federal spending from going to Mr. Smith’s office.Mr. Gaetz’s measure is cosponsored by fellow Republican Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Matt Rosendale of Montana and Eric Burlison of Missouri.
Mr. Rosendale called the move “another sham indictment” from the Biden administration’s Justice Department. Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, called the indictment a “political assassination.” She pitched using the Holman Rule to defund the special counsel’s office. That rule lets lawmakers add amendments to federal spending bills that would reduce the salaries of or fire federal employees.
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