Trump wants GOP members of Congress to 'defund all aspects' of government on his behalf, he said on Truth Social.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on September 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C.In a Truth Social post on Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump demanded that Republican lawmakers in Congress shut down the federal government in order to aid him in thwarting the charges against him in the federal grand jury investigations into his actions.
With a funding crisis looming, and no indications that a deal between Democrats and Republicans is in motion, the federal government is set to run out of funding by the end of September.Noting that the deadline for funding is fast approaching, Trump demanded that Republicans let the U.S. run out of fundingof the Department of Justice , which he baselessly claimed was being weaponized against him by President Joe Biden to investigate and charge him in two separate inquiries.
Trump was indicted this summer for hoarding government documents, including hundreds marked classified, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, after his departure from the White House, and for obstructing federal agents’ efforts to get them returned. He also faces charges relating to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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