Former President Donald Trump has urged Republicans in Congress to temporarily cut funding for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, claiming that Democrats “have totally weaponized” the nation’s top law enforcement agencies to “interfere” with elections.
Trump, seeking the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidency, wrote in an all-caps statement on Truth Social Wednesday that the GOP “should defund the DOJ and FBI until they come to their senses.”
“The Democrats have totally weaponized law enforcement in our country and are viciously using this abuse of power to interfere with our already under siege elections!” he wrote.
Trump’s proposal, however, is unlikely to be heeded by Congress, with Democrats controlling the Senate and Republicans leading the House of Representatives. It would also be a sharp turn, as Republicans have in the past supported robust funding for law enforcement and have criticized proposals from some Democrats in recent years to “defund the police.”…