A Government Shutdown Won’t Halt Trump’s Trials

NBC News: “Trump’s indictments in New York and Georgia would not be affected, while his federal indictments — for allegedly mishandling classified documents and for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection — are criminal matters that have been exempted from shutdowns in the past.”

“The Justice Department said in a 2021 memo that in a shutdown, ‘Criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property.’ The Justice Department’s plans assume that the judicial branch remains fully operational, which it has said in the past can carry on for weeks in the event of a funding lapse.”