2 state state groups push Trump to protect foreign subsidies

First in the daily signal, such as Government Efficiency Department It continues to mark the unusual expenses of the federal government, state general prosecutors are asking the Trump administration to obtain funds for their initiatives in Mexico and Costa Rica aimed at training foreign prosecutors.

Seven state state prosecutors on both parties signed a letter that insisted that programs are beneficial to the United States to stop transnational crimes.

General prosecutors represent both the attorney of the Attorney General and the National Association of General Prosecutors. Although bipartisan, both organizations have been criticized in recent years. Five Attorney General of the Republican State left the National Association of General Prosecutors In 2021 and 2022, claiming that the group had an inclination to the left. Meanwhile, the attorney general’s alliance has faced scrutiny to close corporate and lobbyist Ties.

These organizations “are concerned about their federal money sauce train that dries,” said Tom Jones, founder of the American Foundation of American Responsibility of the Watchdog Group.

The letter, obtained by the daily signal, was sent to President Donald TrumpAttorney General of the United States Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Framework Rubio.

Specifically, the Charter requests continuous federal support for the exchange and training of the Attorney General of Binational Prosecutors of the Attorney General of the Alliance. Program with Mexico. It also addresses the Prize of the National Association of General Prosecutors that Coptoponsora with the United States Department of State that offers technical assistance and support to the Costa Rica Judicial Police under the office of the Attorney General of Costa Rica.

“As general prosecutors, we see first hand the impact of transnational crime, particularly drug trafficking, violent crime and money laundering, in our communities. The AG Alliance and Naag programs are vital to address these threats through better collaboration and when strengthening the legal systems of Mexico and Costa Rica, “says the letter.

Those who signed the letter were the Republicans Treg Taylor de Alaska, John Formella of New Hampshire, Lynn Fitch of Mississippi and Liz Murrill of Louisiana; and the Democrats Kwame Raoul de Illinois, Aaron Ford de Nevada and Raúl Torrez of New Mexico.

The three democrats are also demanding the Trump administration for various issues, including the dismissal of federal employeesTemporary pause in certain Federal Expenditure; and The elimination of Diversity, equity and inclusion programs in entities that receive federal funds.

“Focusing first on the general exchange program of the Binational State of Ag Alliance, this initiative, facilitated by the AGA and involving the general and territorial prosecutors, brings together US and Mexican police officers, including prosecutors, investigators, forensic experts and criminal analysts,” the letter continues.

“Continuing with the essential work raised by this subsidy helps reduce transnational crime, corruption and judicial investigation practices and poor vulnerable in Costa Rica, all of which can finally and will have harmful effects in the United States,” adds the letter later.

However, such financing is being stopped.

“According to President Trump’s executive order on the reevaluation and realignment of foreign aid of the United States, the Rubio Secretary has arrested all foreign assistance from the United States funded by or during the State Department and USAID for revision,” said a state department spokesman to Daily Signal in a statement. “It is initiating a review of all foreign assistance programs to ensure that they are efficient and consistent with the foreign policy of the United States under the first United States agenda.”

Jones, from the American Responsibility Foundation, was not familiar with the specific letter of the Attorney General to the Trump administration, but his organization has filed a complaint against the attorney of the Attorney General for a separate matter.

“No one believes that one AGA conference is something else than a tool to facilitate the access of lobbyists to general prosecutors in foreign resorts,” Jones told Daily Signal. “AGA is a swampy organization that helps interactions with lobbyists. It is not the type of organization that should obtain federal funds. ”

The daily signal reported previously in the International trips Sponsored by the AG Alliance covered by the fees of the state offices.

The Daily Signal provided a copy of the letter to both general groups of prosecutors. In an email, a spokesman for the National Association of General Prosecutors said: “Unfortunately, we cannot provide a comment for its history or participate directly.”

The attorney general’s alliance did not respond immediately for a time of publication, But the organization’s website He says: “Binational exchanges and workshops organized through the attorney of the Attorney General, in conjunction with the office of the Federal Attorney of Mexico, the National Conference of Mexico of General Prosecutors and the Attorney General of the State of Mexico, establish and encourage cross cooperation and cross -cooperation in the Law of the Law.

The presentation of 2022 of the alliance before the Internal Revenue Service says that he received $ 1.5 million in government subsidies and another $ 825,000 for “other contributions, gifts, subsidies and similar amounts not previously included.” The total income of the quotas paid by state general prosecutors were $ 484,074. The National Association of General Prosecutors presentation By 2022 does not specify the amount received from government subsidies.

From 2011 to 2017, the State Department and the controversial United States Agency for International Development spent $ 7 million in the Exchange and Education Program of the Attorney General of the Alliance, according to a Government Responsibility Office Report.
The application subsidies of the Law of the International Narcotics Office of the State Department provided a subsidy of up to $ 3.12 million For the training program in 2021, according to Federalgrants.com.