Former president Donald Trump thinks a government shutdown would stop the four criminal cases against him. It won't. And since Donald always puts Donald first instead of America, this isn't even surprising for a man who led the longest government shutdown in US history in 2019. Trump loves chaos.
On Wednesday night, Trump took to Truth Social to offer unsolicited advice to Republican lawmakers.
"Republicans in Congress can and must defund all aspects of Crooked Joe Biden's weaponized Government that refuses to close the Border, and treats half the Country as Enemies of the State," the four-times indicted former President wrote. "This is also the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other Patriots."
"They failed on the debt limit, but they must not fail now. Use the power of the purse and defend the Country!" he added.
NBC News reports:
A government shutdown wouldn't impede criminal proceedings against Trump. His indictments in New York and Georgia would not be affected, while his federal indictments — for allegedly mishandling classified documents and for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection — are criminal matters that have been exempted from previous shutdowns.
In 2021, the Justice Department said in a memo that during a shutdown: "Criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property."
The judicial branch wouldn't face disruption either, with the department's past statements indicating that it can operate for weeks even in the event of a funding lapse.
Trump's enablers have been busy.
Because a shutdown wouldn’t halt criminal proceedings against Trump, some House GOP allies are trying to rein in his prosecutors by inserting provisions in government funding legislation aimed at defunding or limiting law enforcement from investigating the former President, as they claim without evidence that his four indictments are a political hit job against him.
Imagine calling to shut down the government to hide your crimes. Even worse, his supporters don't care. The Mar-a-Lago Maniac will burn this country to the ground if it would protect his self-entitled pompous ass.
