on another strategy targeting the justice department as they try to defend the former president for his alleged mishandling of classified documents, they re calling for cuts to the department s funding, and for special counsel jack smith to testify before congress. cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju joins us live. seeing conservatives in the house specifically trying to target the doj, but not all republicans are onboard? reporter: yeah. no question about it. we are seeing a divide within the republican conference in the house and senate over how to respond to the trump indictment. in the immediate aftermath of the trump indictment we saw some of the most vocal trump supporters rush to his defense, but then you heard a more muted response from a lot of the trump critics. some started to raise concerns on allegations that came out and others saying that the party should not retaliate against the justice department. we are hearing word from house conservatives trying to pu
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of projects, all earmarked by brooders in this budget including a water quality project, a new nursing facility, and a roads project in this district. he said this was a mean-spirited retaliation and a quote to cnn said this was the governor is clearly upset i endorsed donald trump for president so he took it out on the people of sarasota county. trump and i understand that people come first, and it s our job to deliver clean water, jobs and a better america for the next generation. the governor clearly sees politics differently. now, this morning we heard from the state and the governor s office who replied to this allegation saying, senator gruders is turning conservative governance and fiscal responsibility into a political statement, that s absurd. boris, i note he is not the only florida republican upset with the governor over these vetoes. also saw the state s agriculture commissioner come out
department and the city. before does the mpd go from here? reporter: right now the doj mentioned that there s a consent decree. s in principle s city and mpd have signed an agreement. let s say in good faith, but they still have to negotiate that agreement. and that could take months, even up to a year for that agreement to be finalized, and it will, this agreement, essentially bring in a watchdog. someone to look over the minneapolis police defipartmento change some of their policies and be accountable for some of the practices that are in place. brianna? all right. thank you, live for us from minneapolis on this very important story. boris? still to come on cnn news central, defund the doj? not every republican is onboard with that sentiment as the split in the party continues. in the aftermath of former president trump s indictment.
chris sununu a vocal trump critic says is he not ready to endorse anyone yet but he will eventually support the republican nominee. the question is we don t know who it will be yet. bret: a long way to go. speaking of possible contenders former new jersey governor chris christie will be with us for an exclusive wednesday on special report. expected to announce. bret: today, top lawmakers from the house oversight committee received access to an fbi document that reportedly contains a bribery allegation against president biden. this is the document the form we have been talking about. it s been the source of a tug-of-war between house republicans and bureau chief christopher wray. tonight, we get reaction from capitol hill. correspondent david spunt is there tonight. the investigation is not dead. this is only the beginnings. it appears this investigation is