Jan. 6 officers sue over $1.8B pot they call ‘slush fund’ for ‘insurrectionists’
Two law enforcement officers who battled Jan. 6 rioters at the Capitol in 2021 filed a suit Wednesday to dissolve President Trump's $1.8 billion fund for victims of alleged weaponized political prosecutions.Why it matters: Critics have called the taxpayer-funded fund "illegal," but experts say it's unclear who would have legal standing to challenge it in…
Police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021, are suing the Trump administration over its creation of a $1.776 billion slush fund for President Trump’s allies who claim they were unfairly targeted.The lawsuit, filed by former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and current Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges in U.S.…
The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.
Their lawsuit alleges Trump administration’s $1.8 billion compensation program will fund and encourage acts of political violence.
The $1.776 billion fund, which is part of the agreement to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Dept., is to be used to compensate those who claim that the government weaponized the legal system against them.
Two police officers who fended off rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block President Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion fund set to bankroll purported victims of “weaponization.” Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges claim that the fund will be used to pay out…
Former police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration’s newly created $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” arguing it could compensate rioters who assaulted law enforcement during the riot. The lawsuit contends the fund violates constitutional…
Two officers who defended the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots filed a lawsuit to thwart the setting up of a $1.8 billion pool of money set aside for victims of federal government weaponization, arguing it encourages violence by "rioters, paramilitaries and their supporters."
