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…
Their lawsuit alleges Trump administration’s $1.8 billion compensation program will fund and encourage acts of political violence.
Police who responded to the US Capitol riots involving President Donald Trump’s supporters in 2021 are suing to block the creation of a government “anti-weaponization” fund, alleging that it’s “the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century.”
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."
