Trump's legal nemesis goes back to court to put final nail in coffin of $1.6B slush fund
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Norman Eisen, the former White House ethics czar who has become one of the most aggressive legal thorns in Donald Trump's side, filed a new lawsuit Monday on behalf of former January 6 prosecutors, refusing to accept media reports suggesting the administration's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund has been quietly shelved."We are NOT accepting media reports as proof that the $1.8B slush fund and 'settlements' associated with it are dead," Eisen wrote on X, announcing the filing. "That's why we have just filed a new lawsuit to make sure this ENDS."The complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief was filed in federal court Monday, Case 1:26-cv-01907, on behalf of two former prosecutors who handled January 6 cases. It names Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano as defendants, along with the Justice Department and the Treasury Department.According to language visible in the filing, the lawsuit argues that the fund's creation, along with its assertion that January 6 prosecutors acted for improper political reasons, has harmed the plaintiffs. The complaint notes that January 6 insurrectionists have already been "hailing the creation of the Fund," underscoring why the legal fight cannot be considered over based on press reports alone.The filing was made in partnership with Platkin LLP, Washington Litigation Group, and Heaphy Smith.The post was quickly reposted by Barbara Comstock, the former Republican congresswoman from Virginia who has become a vocal Trump critic.BREAKING: we are NOT accepting media reports as proof that the $1.8B slush fund & "settlements" associated with it are deadThat's why we @DDFund_ have just filed a new lawsuit to make sure this ENDS --on behalf of former J6 prosecutors with Platkin LLP, WLG & Heaphy Smith pic.twitter.com/lT49UzKs3H— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 1, 2026
US president says head of Federal Housing Finance Agency will serve as acting director days after Gabbard exits roleDonald Trump has tapped a close ally to serve as the country’s top intelligence official, days after Tulsi Gabbard announced her exit from the role.The US president said that Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and heir to a home construction company fortune, will serve as acting director of national intelligence. Continue reading...
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President Trump tapped Bill Pulte, his unusually prominent Federal Housing Finance Agency director, as the new acting director of national intelligence.The big picture: Pulte will split time between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and a massively important position for the country's national security — an extraordinary dynamic even against the backdrop of other officials wearing multiple hats.An unlikely strongman of Trump's campaign of political combat, Pulte built a MAGA name for himself laying the groundwork for accusations of fraud against multiple Trump foes.He also emerged as an integral figure in the president's squeeze on the Federal Reserve.Driving the news: Trump touted Pulte's "deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets, and over 10 Trillion Dollars at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac" in a Tuesday post naming him as the new acting director.Former Director Tulsi Gabbard announced she'd depart the administration last month.This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Gabbard's last day as Director of National Intelligence will be June 30. She announced her departure last month, citing her husband Abraham's poor health.
President Trump named William Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to serve as the acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In tapping Pulte, Trump turns to an ally who has been behind referring several of his foes for prosecution for alleged mortgage fraud. Pulti would replace…
President Trump on Tuesday morning announced he would appoint Bill Pulte to replace outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Pulte moves from his role as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. On Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the House on Tuesday morning…
President Trump on Tuesday announced he's tapping housing official Bill Pulte to serve as the acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard.
Supporters of Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6, and then saw their lives fall apart in criminal charges, lost jobs and shattered families, had a brief glimmer of hope after the president’s Justice Department agreed to a $1.8 billion “slush fund” that would compensate them for their troubles.But late Monday, the president snatched it away, and longtime GOP campaign consultant Rick Wilson was ready and willing to taunt them for getting “played” by the president. Again.Late Monday, Axios reported that the DOJ, on Trump’s orders, was pulling the plug on going forward with the $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" after massive blowback from Republican lawmakers who raked acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the coals during a closed-door meeting last week.With the fund reportedly “dead,” Wilson used his Substack platform to pummel Trump’s MAGA fans for trusting the president again."You stormed the Capitol. You used bear spray on a cop, shat in the Rotunda, hunted for Mike Pence, or you just milled around in your Temu Tactical gear demanding Nancy Pelosi’s whereabouts…and you got caught. And many, many of you. rightly. went to jail. Let’s be clear: you f——— deserved it,” he wrote.“But the last couple weeks have been good, right? Because the word went out. There was going to be money. Real money. A $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund,' a glittering, gold-leaf taxpayer-funded piñata, and you, patriot, were going to swing the bat and collect. And then, on a Friday, one judge named Leonie Brinkema picked up a pen and the whole thing seized up like a Cybertruck in a car wash," he continued before bluntly pointing out, ”You should have seen this coming, because the pattern is older than most of your felonies. Welcome to the Trump Suckers Club, gentlemen. The dues are steep and the membership is permanent."According to Wilson, Trump's DOJ deal was just another in a long line of promises built on bluster and little else, that included his plan to get Mexico to pay for his border wall that US taxpayers ended being on the hook for, as well as, "He told you he’d release the Epstein files. For the last 2 months he’s been telling you the very real Iran War is over, done, settled, done and dusted.""Here’s the part where I’m supposed to feel for you, and I want to be honest about my own limitations as a human being: I don’t. I give exactly zero f---s for your imaginary suffering and well-deserved loss," he pronounced."I have no emotion for you beyond contempt and revulsion. Not even a little. Because none of you were owed a dime. The fund was never about justice. It was a slush fund, a loyalty bribe, taxpayer money laundered through a fake lawsuit Trump filed against his own government to compensate the people who beat cops with flagpoles in his name," he wrote. "Your god-emperor, your tariff-wielding strongman, your two-scoops Caesar, got stopped cold by one Clinton appointee in one Virginia courtroom on one ordinary Friday afternoon and just rolled over. One judge said maintain the status quo, and the whole $1.8 billion edifice just deflated. No fight. No appeal that mattered yet. Just a slow, sad hiss.""So pour one out, fellas. Frame the indictment. Hang the mugshot. You earned those. The money was always going to be someone else’s. It’s always going to be someone else’s. That’s the deal, and it’s the only deal he’s ever actually kept," he concluded.
