Crack’s in the Trump efforts to use the shutdown against Democrats who are NOT budging ….
Hegseth has his people scrounging for money…..
Last time Trump did this (His other Shutdown) it was found to be against the law….
But?
We know President Trump has little regard for the ‘Law’…..
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that he will direct Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to “use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th” as the government shutdown nears its third week.
After the Senate failed to approve spending legislation this week, military members were preparing to go without their paychecks on Wednesday for the first time in U.S. history.
“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS,” the president wrote in the social media post Saturday. “I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown.”
To scrounge up enough money to pay the troops, the Pentagon is tapping into its research and development accounts to use money Congress made available for two years, according to an OMB official….
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In 2019, GAO determined that the Trump administration violated the law during the 35-day shutdown that occurred during Trump’s first presidency, by tapping recreation fees to keep National Park Service operations running and also by making SNAP payments early. The watchdog warned that any future violations would be considered “knowing and willful,” and that agency officials would face imprisonment and fines.
GAO says now, however, that the agency doesn’t know “if the facts and circumstances are the same as in our prior 2019 decision.”…
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