{"id":1052837,"date":"2025-05-07T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052837"},"modified":"2025-05-08T08:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:28:13","slug":"shot-chaser-trump-is-gutting-funding-for-federal-law-enforcement-despite-opposition-from-his-own-fbi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/shot-chaser-trump-is-gutting-funding-for-federal-law-enforcement-despite-opposition-from-his-own-fbi-director\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOT\/CHASER: Trump is Gutting Funding for Federal Law Enforcement\u2026 Despite Opposition From His Own FBI Director\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SHOT: Donald Trump\u2019s budget slashes funding for federal law enforcement\u2026&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bgov.com\/us-law-week\/trump-seeks-nearly-8-budget-cut-for-justice-department\">Bloomberg<\/a>: <strong>\u201cFBI, DEA Targeted for Broad Funding Cuts in Trump Proposal\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Trump administration wants to slash Justice Department funding by nearly 8%, including cuts to the FBI and other law enforcement offices, as part of an across-the-board push to cut federal government spending. \u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe FBI would see a $545 million decrease<\/strong> to its current $10.6 billion budget under the proposal, as part of the White House\u2019s stated plans to \u2018reform and streamline\u2019 the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHASER: \u2026 over the objections of his own FBI Director, who <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AppropsDems\/status\/1920192786252398671\"><strong>\u201cneed[s] more\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong> money to run the agency.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AppropsDems\/status\/1920192786252398671\">Kash Patel<\/a>: \u201cThat\u2019s the proposed budget, not by the FBI. The proposed budget I put forward \u2026 would not have us cut any positions. \u2026 <strong>[W]e need more than what has been proposed in that budget.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHOT: Donald Trump\u2019s budget slashes funding for federal law enforcement\u2026&nbsp; Bloomberg: \u201cFBI, DEA Targeted for Broad Funding Cuts in Trump Proposal\u201d&nbsp; \u201cThe Trump administration wants to slash Justice Department funding by nearly 8%, including cuts to the FBI and other law enforcement offices, as part of an across-the-board push to cut federal government spending. \u2026&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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