Senate Democrats launch campaign to kill what DOJ calls its "anti-weaponization fund"
Democrats say the fund would reward Trump allies and Jan. 6 defendants, while Republicans split over limits that could affect a $72 billion spending bill.
- Senate Republicans are stalling on a $70 billion immigration enforcement package as backlash grows against President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund, which critics characterize as a 'slush fund' for political allies.
- Settling Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department established the fund to compensate those claiming political targeting during the Biden administration.
- On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer launched a coordinated Democratic effort to kill the fund, while many Republican senators privately confronted Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about potential payouts to January 6 rioters.
- A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the fund on Friday, and some Republican allies are urging the White House to abandon the controversial program entirely to preserve broader immigration legislation.
- Returning to Washington next week, Senate Republican leaders face intense divisions as Democrats vow to force recorded votes on the fund, leaving the $70 billion immigration package in legislative limbo.
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The Trump administration turned back this Monday, two weeks later, in its intention to create a fund to compensate those who, according to the White House, were victims of a judicial “persecution” during Joe Biden’s years in power. In practice, it opened the door for participants in the assault on the Capitol, whom Donald Trump pardoned on their first day back in office, to receive money – as much money as $1,776 million – from the state.
President Trump will be able to go back to the 'Fund Against Armamentization' plan after the Republicans' refusal and dem cratas.
Schumer Launches Senate Democratic Campaign to Block $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on June 1 launched a coordinated effort to block a nearly $1.8 billion Justice Department (DOJ) fund tied to President Donald Trump’s settled lawsuit against the IRS, telling colleagues his caucus would use every legislative tool available to stop it. In a letter to Senate Democrats sent as the chamber returned from its Memorial Day recess, Schumer said the party would rely on budget reconciliation, …
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