NASHVILLE — A trio of Georgia and Tennessee Republican congressional members are mounting three separate efforts to defund ongoing criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump as the former president and 2024 candidate faces state-level election racketeering charges in Georgia related to the 2022 election, a New York County indictment on alleged hush-money payments to an adult film star and federal charges of election conspiracy in the 2022 election as well as the obstruction and mishandling of classified records.
The latest entrant into blocking Trump prosecutions is U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, a member of the House Appropriations Committee who has introduced legislation to deep-six actions in Georgia, Florida and Washington, D.C.
Clyde, who serves on the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, announced last week he is introducing amendments to an appropriations bill to defund not only federal prosecutions of Trump until after the 2024 election but state prosecutions in Georgia and New York City as well.
Among those that could be affected is Fulton County District Attorney General Fani Willis’ prosecution of Trump and others on racketeering charges as they sought to reverse the 2022 election in Georgia, which showed Democrat Joe Biden won.