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GOP Sen. Cassidy calls out Trump DOJ’s $1.8 billion compensation fund as ‘slush fund’
Cassidy said the roughly $1.8 billion fund is being used to reward allies and rewrite the record of Trump’s first term.
- On Saturday, Senator Bill Cassidy lost the Republican primary in Louisiana, ending a two-decade career in public office defined by tensions with President Donald Trump.
- Cassidy's defeat followed his 2021 vote to convict Trump on impeachment charges regarding the Jan 6 insurrection, which supporters viewed as his cardinal sin.
- The result represents another trophy for Trump in his campaign to oust Republicans perceived as disloyal, reinforcing his continued influence within the party.
- Cassidy failed to advance in the primary, as Trump-backed Julia Letlow and Treasurer John Fleming are projected to head to a June 27 runoff.
- NBC News spoke to roughly 30 Republican National Committee members and GOP activists about how the party can maintain control of Congress in November.
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Total News Sources38
Leaning Left9Leaning Right12Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Right
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources lean Right
41% Right
L 31%
C 28%
R 41%
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