Officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 sue over $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
The officers say the fund could steer payouts to pardoned January 6 rioters instead of victims and defenders, with some seeking up to $10 million.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund last week without mentioning those convicted for the January 6 Capitol riot, sparking outrage among survivors.
- About 1,500 Capitol rioters received pardons from President Trump after his second-term inauguration, including Robert Gieswein, who attacked Capitol Police and attempted to breach House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6, 2021 attack.
- Gieswein seeks up to $10 million from the fund, though he would settle for $3 million, insisting he is "100 percent entitled to the money, based on the law." Proud Boys leader Enrique Tario also expects compensation.
- Former Washington, D.C., police officer Michael Fanone, critically injured during the attack, characterizes the fund as an "attempt to rewrite history at the expense of Americans" and criticizes both Democratic and Republican parties for prioritizing political goals over survivors' needs.
- The fund's vague eligibility criteria and omission of conviction details raise concerns that government compensation may flow to Capitol attackers while survivors like Fanone face ongoing health consequences from the January 6, 2021 attack.
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Justice Department deal with Trump is a travesty
The proposal to spend $1.8 billion on a compensation fund for people supposedly “wronged” by the Biden administration — including Jan. 6, 2021 insurrectionists — should alarm every taxpayer. With criteria that remain vague and politically malleable, it looks less like justice and more like an open invitation to drain the U.S. Treasury. Even more troubling […]
Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters & Other Allies
Two officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021, have filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the creation of a $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund. Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges are bringing the lawsuit because the fund could be used to compensate the Capitol rioters who attacked them and their colleagues. Both officers say they have faced continuous credib
Whatley backs Trump’s $1.8 billion fund that could give cash to Jan. 6 rioters
Michael Whatley, North Carolina’s Republican candidate for US Senate, said last week that he approved of President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to pay Trump supporters convicted of crimes, including the rioters who broke into the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and attacked and injured more than 150 police officers. Trump and his administration have branded the fund, created by the Justice Department at Trump’s behest, as an “anti-weaponization”…
They Stormed the Capitol. Now They Want Millions.
Robert Gieswein was wearing a “camouflage paramilitary kit” and carrying a baseball bat when he began marching with members of the Proud Boys far-right militia group toward the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. After they arrived, he sprayed an aerosol irritant at three Capitol Police officers, entered through a broken window frame, threw a punch at another officer, and tried but failed to break through a line…
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