“House Republicans are bypassing a major tool they said they could use to target former President Donald Trump’s prosecutors — at least for now,” Politico reports.
“Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday morning rolled out a large funding package that includes Justice Department spending for the next fiscal year.
But the 158-page bill doesn’t include language targeting a special counsel’s ability to investigate a current or former president, or DOJ’s ability to appoint them.”