Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that she plans to amend an appropriations bill to defund special counsel Jack Smith’s office following his indictment of Donald Trump in the classified documents probe.
“Today, I’d like to announce that I’m writing an appropriations rider to defund Jack Smith, special counsel, his office and the investigation. This is a weaponized government attempt to take down the top political enemy and leading presidential candidate of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” Greene said.
“We cannot allow the government to be weaponized for political purposes,” she continued. “We have to use the power of appropriations to stop the weaponization of government, especially in light that we know that there are others who are guilty of true crimes.”
It’s unlikely that Greene’s amendment will pass Congress.
Trump faces 37 federal charges, including obstruction and unlawful retention of defense information in connection to his possession of classified materials at his Mar-a-Lago resort after leaving the White House, according to a federal indictment unsealed last week.
The documents include “information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign counties; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to foreign attack,” the indictment said.
Trump is set to be arraigned on Tuesday at a federal court in Miami.
