Trump defends ‘anti-weaponization’ fund: ‘Great idea’
The $1.776 billion plan to compensate January 6 rioters may be revived after Trump said he could bring it back, critics said.
- On Sunday, The Bulwark's Elliot Williams reported that President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion fund intended to compensate January 6 rioters appears defunct.
- Despite the reported collapse, Trump has indicated the fund could be revived, and Republican senators notably refused to ban it during the recently passed reconciliation bill.
- A federal judge in Miami recently reopened Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, citing "grievous allegations" that the settlement was "premised on deception" by the Justice Department.
- Norm Eisen, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, expressed doubt that Trump has abandoned the fund, calling settlement agreements "the worst example of corruption in the history of the American presidency."
- The "presumption of regularity," a centuries-old concept from England, faces erosion as officials face accusations of dishonesty, threatening the rule of law in the United States, Williams noted.
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Trump defends ‘anti-weaponization’ fund: ‘Great idea’
President Trump defended his administration's short-lived "anti-weaponization" fund, which was scrapped by the DOJ after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed concern that individuals convicted of wrongdoing in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol would receive taxpayer dollars.
Trump Calls Settlement Fund ‘Great Idea’ Despite GOP Blowback
President Donald Trump said he is interested in reviving his so-called anti-weaponization fund — and left the door open to steering some of its $1.8 billion toward rioters convicted of assaulting police in the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks — during a testy interview that ended with him abruptly walking out.
Trump expresses support to funding Anti-Weaponization Fund but not committed to reviving it
President Trump expressed support Sunday for the now-defunct $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who say they were targeted by the Biden administration's "weaponization" of government but stopped short of committing to revive it.
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