Jan.6 Rioters Rush to Claim Trump's $1.8B Fund
Some rioters seek payouts even as a federal judge has frozen the fund and blocked claims from moving forward, court filings show.
- Rioters pardoned by President Donald Trump are seeking payouts from the administration's $1.776 billion settlement fund, claiming they were victims of a weaponized government despite a federal judge's temporary freeze on the fund.
- A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the fund's establishment on Friday, halting claim processing amid at least three lawsuits, while Senate Republicans demand restrictions through Department of Homeland Security spending legislation.
- Former attorney David Johnston is assisting fellow rioters with applications for a 10% cut, capped at $5,000, while Oregon resident Pamela Hemphill has drafted a claim seeking $5 million in compensation.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told The Associated Press on Thursday that five unnamed commissioners will determine eligibility based on factors including "what the person did, his sentence, how much time he was in jail."
- Critics, including former prosecutor Brendan Ballou, argue the fund aims to rewrite Jan. 6 history, warning that if successful, it will encourage the public to "condone any attack on democracy.
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Jan. 6 rioters seek payouts from Trump's nearly $1.8 billion fund
David Johnston was a licensed attorney when he illegally entered the Capitol with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. More than five years later, the South Carolina man is offering to help fellow “J6ers” apply for payouts from the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion new fund for people claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.
Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund despite backlash - The Boston Globe
Many of the convicted rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are clamoring for payouts from the nearly $1.8 billion settlement that the Trump administration has set up for people claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.
Pardoned J6er Isaac Thomas Files First Claim Seeking $15.1 Million from President Trump’s $1.7 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hoft
Isaac Thomas and his dog Izzy after his release from political prison. Michigan January 6 defendant Isaac Thomas has become one of the first Americans to seek compensation from President Donald Trump’s newly established Anti-Weaponization Fund. Thomas filed his claim this week seeking approximately $15.1 million in damages stemming from what he describes as years of government persecution, political targeting, and the weaponization of federal la…
David Johnston was a licensed lawyer when he illegally entered the Capitol with a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. More than five years later, the South Carolina man offered to help other protesters apply for payments from the Trump administration’s new nearly $1.8 billion fund for people claiming to be victims of a supposed politicization of justice. He would do so in exchange for 10 percent of any compensation, w…
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