David Bianculli

Impoundment is basically not spending all of the money that Congress has allocated. Everyone knows from their junior high school civics class that Congress has the power of the purse. And presidents have often wanted to not spend money for whatever reason.

Impoundment is basically not spending all of the money that Congress has allocated. Everyone knows from their junior high school civics class that Congress has the power of the purse. And presidents have often wanted to not spend money for whatever reason.

Impoundment is basically not spending all of the money that Congress has allocated. Everyone knows from their junior high school civics class that Congress has the power of the purse. And presidents have often wanted to not spend money for whatever reason.

And that was something that they did on and off for much of American history until the Nixon administration, when Nixon simply went overboard, as he did in many things. And Congress passed a law saying that a president could only impound money after a specific request and with Congress's permission. The people around Trump and particularly vote believe that that law is unconstitutional.

And that was something that they did on and off for much of American history until the Nixon administration, when Nixon simply went overboard, as he did in many things. And Congress passed a law saying that a president could only impound money after a specific request and with Congress's permission. The people around Trump and particularly vote believe that that law is unconstitutional.

And that was something that they did on and off for much of American history until the Nixon administration, when Nixon simply went overboard, as he did in many things. And Congress passed a law saying that a president could only impound money after a specific request and with Congress's permission. The people around Trump and particularly vote believe that that law is unconstitutional.

They think that the president should have power to do that. His job is to execute the budget and anything else is a limit on that. Trump tried this actually in his first administration infamously when he attempted to impound funds that had been allocated to Ukraine for defense. when he was trying to get an investigation of Hunter Biden out of the Ukrainian government.

They think that the president should have power to do that. His job is to execute the budget and anything else is a limit on that. Trump tried this actually in his first administration infamously when he attempted to impound funds that had been allocated to Ukraine for defense. when he was trying to get an investigation of Hunter Biden out of the Ukrainian government.

They think that the president should have power to do that. His job is to execute the budget and anything else is a limit on that. Trump tried this actually in his first administration infamously when he attempted to impound funds that had been allocated to Ukraine for defense. when he was trying to get an investigation of Hunter Biden out of the Ukrainian government.

And he was impeached for that, of course. And we think about that impeachment as about abuse of power and about, you know, use of the presidency for political purposes. But one of the major issues there was also the fact that he was trying to impound funds.

And he was impeached for that, of course. And we think about that impeachment as about abuse of power and about, you know, use of the presidency for political purposes. But one of the major issues there was also the fact that he was trying to impound funds.

And he was impeached for that, of course. And we think about that impeachment as about abuse of power and about, you know, use of the presidency for political purposes. But one of the major issues there was also the fact that he was trying to impound funds.

I mean they make the point that the Justice Department is kind of a weird creation because the attorney general – is appointed by the president and serves the president's will. But we've also had a division between the president and the Justice Department on some issues because of some egregious abuses in the past. They believe that's also unconstitutional and it's a danger to democracy if

I mean they make the point that the Justice Department is kind of a weird creation because the attorney general – is appointed by the president and serves the president's will. But we've also had a division between the president and the Justice Department on some issues because of some egregious abuses in the past. They believe that's also unconstitutional and it's a danger to democracy if

I mean they make the point that the Justice Department is kind of a weird creation because the attorney general – is appointed by the president and serves the president's will. But we've also had a division between the president and the Justice Department on some issues because of some egregious abuses in the past. They believe that's also unconstitutional and it's a danger to democracy if

There's somebody like the attorney general who's unelected sort of acting on their own will. Same goes for the FBI director. And so we've seen the Trump administration already acting on this. We see them, for example, firing line prosecutors, you know, career Justice Department officials.

There's somebody like the attorney general who's unelected sort of acting on their own will. Same goes for the FBI director. And so we've seen the Trump administration already acting on this. We see them, for example, firing line prosecutors, you know, career Justice Department officials.

There's somebody like the attorney general who's unelected sort of acting on their own will. Same goes for the FBI director. And so we've seen the Trump administration already acting on this. We see them, for example, firing line prosecutors, you know, career Justice Department officials.

We see directing an investigation into ActBlue, the major Democratic donor platform that happened just last week. So they've started to move forward on making the Justice Department a wing of the executive branch or a wing of the presidency. that they can use to enforce their will and enforce the things that they talk about elsewhere in the plan.

We see directing an investigation into ActBlue, the major Democratic donor platform that happened just last week. So they've started to move forward on making the Justice Department a wing of the executive branch or a wing of the presidency. that they can use to enforce their will and enforce the things that they talk about elsewhere in the plan.