Despite the former president's efforts, a government shutdown wouldn’t halt the four criminal cases against him.
on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Wednesday evening, “A very important deadline is approaching at the end of the month,” in reference to the Sept. 30 deadline to pass a funding bill.
Trump added: “They failed on the debt limit, but they must not fail now. Use the power of the purse and defend the Country!”A government shutdownagainst Trump or affect his indictments in New York and Georgia, and his federal indictments in connection with his alleged mishandling of classified documents and his role in inciting the Capitol riot Jan, 6, 2021, have been exempted from previous shutdowns.
It is unclear whether the demands led by hard-line Republicans would pass the House amid GOP infighting over reining in law enforcement power. House Republicans have yet to pass the Justice bill, one of two appropriations measures out of 12 total, a Democratic aide had noted. “Trump ordered House Republicans to shutdown the government,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.,“These people are too extreme to ever be trusted,” he added.
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