Did Trump say loyalty outranks law? Fact-checking remarks on DOJ's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund

Ben Shapiro on Trump's agreement with his own DOJ: "I'm generally against slush funds, to be clear. ... However, many of the myths that you're hearing about it are overstated."

Did Trump say 'loyalty outranks law'? Here's the truth

The alleged quote spread online after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a nearly $1.8 billion fund that could benefit Jan. 6 rioters.

Stephen Colbert calls Trump's $1.8 billion fund an 'all-you-can-fraud buffet'

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded Donald Trump a taxpayer-financed $1.8 billion fund that could be used to compensate the president's allies — potentially including pro-Trump insurrectionists prosecuted for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. According to the DoJ, the so-called "Anti-Weaponisation Fund" was set up "in exchange" for the Trump family to drop their $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department for disclosing their tax…

How Exactly Did The Trump Slush Fund Come Into Being, Again?

Tiger Beat On the Potomac afternoon email thingie tells us: WEAPONIZATION WATCH: DOJ officially announced it’s creating a $1.776 (get it?) billion fund to compensate Trump allies who claim they were victims of government “weaponization” after he moved to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, per POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein and Danny Nguyen. The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is part of the settlement over Trump’s leaked tax returns by government…

Did Trump say loyalty outranks law? Fact-checking remarks on DOJ's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund

President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter why taxpayers should pay for the January 6ers after the DOJ came up with a $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. 

‘Sinister And Awful’ Claim About Trump ’s $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ Stuns Jake Tapper

The fund, created after Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit with the IRS, can be used to pay out “victims of lawfare and weaponization.”