Posted on 08/15/2023 6:07:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has filed legislation to defund the federal salary of Jack Smith, the DOJ special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump.
Smith’s ongoing investigation into Trump has led to multiple indictments, which have been slammed as bogus or partisan election interference by some Republicans. Smith alleges Trump committed criminal offenses over classified documents and 2020 election challenges, including on Jan. 6, 2021.
Now, however, according to Just the News, Ogles and other Republican representatives have decided to take action against Smith.
Ogles introduced the bill on Friday, the Washington Examiner reported. GOP Reps. Alex Mooney, W.V., and Eli Crane, Ariz., cosponsored the measure.
The Yanking Outlays for an Unethical, Ruthless Enterprise that Fraudulently Impedes Robust Electoral Debate (You’re fired) Act comes as Republicans increasingly line up behind former President Donald Trump due to what they perceive as a political prosecution from Smith.
“The Biden Administration’s weaponization of the DOJ for personal political gain through the appointment of Jack Smith is nothing short of appalling,” Ogles said. “In November 2022, he was tasked with taking down Biden’s biggest threat, President Donald J. Trump.” And, according to Ogles, Smith has since engaged in highly questionable and partisan behavior in targeting Trump.
Related: Jack Smith May Have Doomed His Case Against Trump
”From falsified indictments to non-existent supporting ‘evidence’, everything about the proceedings by Smith have screamed desperate,” Ogles stated. He continued: “America cannot and will not stand for that, and it’s well past time that Congress uses its power of the purse to tell Jack Smith: you’re fired.”
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Often the intent is to move a bill along fast. Chasing around for co-sponsors defeats that purpose.
McCarthy's absence speaks volumes.
If they’re serious, this fiscal year-end, in Sept, they cut off all government funding until the weaponization ceases; (The house controls the purse strings) and only do a continuing resolution for funding on a month to month basis. Would require a lot of focus on the part of the non-kkkommiecrats. Not certain there are enough non-compromised non-kkkommiecrats to pull that off, though.
Pretty much the same old Republican blah blah blah grrr grrr grrr.
Parties are not the answer.
What we need is a movement, like Solidarity, in Poland, a wide coalition of people who may disagree on all issues, other than what really matters now.
Nailed it, a people's movement.
> it sounds a lot like a bill of attainder.
Most certainly not. Authority on funding the government in all its particulars resides in Congress. An act preventing the funding of of a specific federal employee is not an act decreeing he is convicted of a crime.
Is he allowed to work for free? RAT donors will make sure they take care of him and anyone working with him.
No! It’s an attempt to use the Holman Rule!
The problem is you need Senate concurrence by a simple majority. The good news you don’t need a super-majority like 2/3rds. It will be a long haul. Still, I applaud the effort!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holman_rule
At first, I thought this could be done without the Senate but further research tells me I was mistaken.
Th
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