The Trump-backed DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund sparks debate over whether Jan. 6 defendants and pro-life activists could receive taxpayer compensation.
$72 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol is now in limbo after GOP senators revolted against President Trump's $1.776B "anti-weaponization fund" on Thursday.Why it matters: The fund was dropped like "a bomb in the middle of a pretty well planned out reconciliation bill," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters.The package for ICE and Border…
RINO Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) this week went off on President Trump and the Department of Justice over the newly established anti-weaponization fund to compensate victims of Biden-era lawfare and political persecution. The fund was created in exchange for Trump dropping more than $10 billion in legal action against the federal government for leaking his…
With President Donald Trump establishing a $1.776 billion compensation fund for people who have supposedly faced "weaponization" of federal law enforcement, MAGA allies are lining up and chomping at the bit to get a cut of the pie — but they're not the only ones.According to NBC News, Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney and now a sworn enemy of…
There is mounting frustration among some Republicans over President Donald Trump’s proposed spending, leading to both his $1 billion ballroom and the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund hitting unexpected walls within the party. Objections over the latter fund prompted Republican senators to postpone a vote on an immigration bill and leave…
Michael Cohen, a Trump lawyer-turned-critic, is planning to apply for money from the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization fund," he told CBS News.
President Trump is defending his administration’s creation of a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund in response to heavy criticism not only from Democrats but from Republicans in the Senate, who delayed votes on a reconciliation package Thursday over the issue. The battle has become a rare point of contention between normally pliant congressional…
The US Justice Department on May 18 struck a deal with President Donald Trump to create a $1.77 billion legal fund to pay victims of alleged government “weaponization,” an unusual agreement that could result in millions of dollars in taxpayer money being doled out to Trump’s allies and supporters.
In one lawsuit after another, the president has claimed damages in amounts completely disconnected from reality.
