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Ron Johnson: “He [Trump] certainly has potentially some impoundment powers…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Elon Musk is exposing 'grotesque levels' of waste, fraud, abuse, senator says

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

FOX has learned that Trump is putting together a plan to slash federal spending without Congress. Can he do that? Can he cut spending without you guys? Well, He [Trump] certainly has potentially some impoundment powers that will be figured out by the court. But generally, what Elon Musk is uncovering, we're going to have to codify that. And we can either cut the spending through a rescission process that starts with the White House. (02:03–02:09)

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