<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans">House Republicans</a> are exploring ways to restrain prosecutors who have cases against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> as he runs for another term in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a>.</p>
<p>The most recent offering came from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who on Monday <a href="https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1004">announced</a> a pair of amendments that would use the appropriations process to defund federal and state prosecutions of any major presidential candidate in the lead-up to the 2024 election. The congressman specifically called out what he said were the &#8220;sham&#8221; Trump cases in his press release.</p>
<p>&#8220;We must use the power of the purse to protect the integrity of our elections, restore Americans’ faith in our government, and dismantle our nation’s two-tiered system of justice,&#8221; the congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/Rep_Clyde/status/1696251662594138500">said in a post to X</a>. &#8220;I’m proud to lead this effort, and I hope my GOP colleagues will join me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump is facing several criminal and civil cases. On the criminal side, Trump is facing a documents case and a 2020 election case led by special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jack-smith">Jack Smith</a>. There is also a hush-money criminal case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a 2020 election case in Georgia spearheaded by Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>. Trump broadly denies any wrongdoing, setting the stage for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-trumps-trial-schedule-lines-up-with-the-2024-election-calendar?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=conservnewsd">trials across the primary calendar</a>.</p>
<p>The amendments pitched by Clyde, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, face hurdles much like other proposals by Trump allies in Congress seeking to stymie the inquiries they have condemned as politically motivated.</p>
<p>Most prominent is the fact that the Senate is controlled by Democrats, who are likely not to support any legislation geared toward stymying the Trump inquiries.</p>
<p>“As a nation built on the rule of law, we urge Mr. Trump, his supporters and his critics to allow the legal process to proceed without outside interference,&#8221; said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in a <a href="https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/schumer-jeffries-joint-statement-fourth-indictment-donald-trump">recent statement</a>.</p>
<p>Even more immediate, GOP leadership in the House and a sufficient number of votes would be needed to pass anything through the lower chamber.</p>
<p>Still, those high bars have not stopped some prominent Republican lawmakers from trying their hand at pushing for some kind of action as Trump remains the clear front-runner in GOP primary polling ahead of what could be a general election rematch against President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>.</p>
<p>For instance, House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) has suggested Congress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-unveils-budget-wishlist-to-fight-weaponized-federal-agencies">should stop any funds for “politically sensitive” investigations</a> until the Department of Justice establishes a policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee them. More singularly focused on the Smith investigations, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced legislation last month that would <a href="https://gaetz.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-matt-gaetz-introduces-legislation-defund-special-counsel-jack">defund the special counsel</a>. And Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has pushed <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1695518162685472897">forward legislation</a> to defund taxpayer funding from the Fulton County District Attorney Office.</p>
<p>Then there are investigations into the investigators. House Republicans are conducting inquiries into the Department of Justice (DOJ), <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/house-republicans-launch-probe-fulton-countys-politically-motivated-trump">Willis</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-launch-probe-into-manhattan-das-unprecedented-abuse-of-office-to-target-trump">Bragg</a>, seeking to root out any potential coordination or other improper conduct.</p>
<p>One area in which the trials will not be affected is if the government undergoes a shutdown if spending bills fail to pass by the September 30 deadline, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/shutdown-wouldnt-halt-trumps-trials-republicans-seek-rein-prosecutors-rcna102152">as explained by NBC News</a>. While the state prosecutions would not be directly impacted, Smith&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-07/Special%20Counsel%27s%20Office%20of%20John%20L.%20Smith%20-%20Statement%20of%20Expenditures%20-%20November%2018%202022%20to%20March%2031%202023_FINAL_7.5.23%20v1.pdf">is funded b</a>y a “permanent, indefinite appropriation for independent counsels,” and a DOJ memo in 2021 said <a href="https://www.justice.gov/jmd/page/file/1015676/download">criminal litigation &#8220;will continue&#8221;</a> assuming the Judicial Branch keeps on operating.</p>
<p>Whatever may come of the House Republican endeavors, in the meantime the criminal and civil cases against Trump have drawn a good deal of media attention and money — much of which has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-donations-legal-bills.html">directed to legal bills</a>.</p>

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