Law enforcement investigations and criminal prosecutions will continue “without interruption,” the plan says, and prisons will remain staffed. Special counsels are instead funded by “the permanent, indefinite appropriation for independent counsels,” according to their expenditure reports. Civil litigation in lower federal courts will be “curtailed or postponed,” according to the Justice Department contingency plan. A shutdown also could affect state and local efforts to address violent crime, Monaco said. During a hearing on Capitol Hill last week, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that a shutdown would “certainly disrupt” programs like “our grant programs to state and local law enforcement.”

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Persons: Hunter, – Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Robert Hur, Joe Biden’s, David Weiss, Hunter Biden, ”, Lisa Monaco, Monaco, General Merrick Garland Organizations: Department, CNN, Justice Department, Administrative, Capitol Locations: Delaware