Pardoned WA J6er Wants some of $1.8B Trump Fund. And He’s on a Tri-Cities Ballot

The DOJ's flimsy legal theories to support Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

Despite the Trump administration's arguments, a multibillion-dollar settlement fund with no judicial oversight is fairly unprecedented.

Pardoned WA J6er wants some of $1.8B Trump fund. And he’s on a Tri-Cities ballot

A pardoned Tri-Cities January 6 rioter wants a cut of President Trump’s proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.

Trump, the great unifier for Democrats, is dividing the GOP with $1.8B plan to pay Jan. 6 rioters, pardon himself

Donald Trump is driving Washington into uncharted territory, from an unprecedented IRS deal protecting him and his family to an aggressive campaign to reshape the Republican Party through pressure and intimidation. In New Jersey, Gov. Mikie Sherrill is emerging as a direct counterweight, challenging Trump on money, policy and political blame as tensions spill into real-world consequences.

Jan. 6 “Lectern Guy” now wants up to $5 million from taxpayers through Trump compensation fund

Adam Johnson, the 41-year-old Florida carpenter photographed carrying Nancy Pelosi’s lectern through the Capitol Rotunda on January 6, 2021, told The Times of London he expects to seek between $2 million and $5 million from the Department of Justice’s newly announced “Anti-Weaponisation” fund. He booked flights from Florida to Washington to hand-deliver his letter to...

Republicans in Congress ‘could stop this at any time’: Jan 6 officer suing over Trump’s $1.8B fund

The newly-assembled and highly dubious “Anti-Weaponization” fund announced by the Department of Justice this week would allow people who attended the January 6 riot at the Capitol to seek compensation. DC Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, who was at the capitol that day, asks, “Why should the United States government pay the people who attacked it?”

Outrage Watch: Rampant Corruption Edition

Democrats have been using the ‘c” word for most of Trump’s second term, occasionally (correctly) calling it “blatant.” But something important changed last week with Trump’s Justice Department’s creating an “anti-weaponization” fund.