House democrats examine Trump Doj's funding freezing for victim groups of crime

Democrats in the House judicial committee have started a review of the freezing of funding by the Trump government at hundreds of organizations that provide services for victims of crime and offer security programs.

Days after A CBS news report Uneasy the Ministry of Justice, which ceased the funds for almost 400 non -profit and criminal victim groups, asked Democrats of the house of the House Justice Committee to hand over information about the decision of the agency until May 19.

Among other things, Democrats in the GOP-led committee have asked the Ministry of Justice to detail in detail whether one of the cuts of the Ministry of State Efficiency was led by billionaire Elon Musk, which has reduced the state subsidies as part of an administrative cost reduction drive. They also asked if more grants are planned.

In a letter that was sent to General Prosecutor Pam Bondi on Monday, the legislators wrote: “The notices of the department to scholarship holders not only give the award winners an explanation of why their awards in conflict with or not the priorities of the Doj, but also no details of how these termination decisions were made.”

In the investigation of the committee to the Ministry of Justice, “How does the department plan to support victims of crime immediately in order to terminate grants to support and advise initiatives to support and advise crime, e.g.

In a memo of the Ministry of Justice to non -profit groups in which the funding cuts were announced, the auxiliary programs of the crime victims did not say “the priorities of the Ministry of Justice.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said that the organizations would have 30 days in order to appeal against the standstill of their scholarship. The spokesman said at least two of the organizations restored their financing days after the first cancellation in the last month.

In her letter to Bondi, in which you inform you about the review of the committee, the Democrats of the Justice Committee asked which criteria were used to restore the financing.

A CBS News review Found the Impacted Safety Programs Include A San Francisco-Based Organization That Seeks to Reduce Hate Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, A New York Group That Works To Reduce School Shootings, The “Emmett Till Case Investigations and Prosecution Program” In New Orleans, The “Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Training and Technical Assistance” Initiative for Crime Reduction in Florida, A Michigan Group That Supports Re-Entry for Young Offenders and a Virginia Group helps human trafficking and victims of sexual abuse.

Some of the affected groups are planning a rally in Oakland, California on Wednesday afternoon to protest against financing cuts. The organizations, including the interventions for health alliance for violence, said that the event will “emphasize how the funding cuts of millions of dollars in Oakland and Alameda County will have an impact, in particular in view of the city's own budget crisis”.