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Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Democracy Forward says the $1.8 billion fund lacks legal authority and could send taxpayer money to people accused of attacking police.
- On Friday, the legal advocacy group Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to block a new $1.8 billion settlement fund for allies of President Donald Trump.
- Created to resolve President Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over leaked tax returns, the Anti-Weaponization Fund faces criticism for lacking legal authority and establishing a discriminatory process favoring those alleging targeting by Democrat administrations.
- Plaintiffs include former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Floyd and professor Jonathan Caravello, joined by the city of New Haven, the National Abortion Federation, and Common Cause, which Democracy Forward represents in more than 150 lawsuits filed in Trump's second term.
- Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges filed a separate suit, describing the fund as a "slush fund" for "insurrectionists" that would finance violent operations. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to rule out payouts to rioters.
- Attorneys seek a court order halting implementation and preventing the Trump administration from disbursing any payouts from the $1.776 billion pool. Skye Perryman, CEO of Democracy Forward, told NBC News the fund "has a number of constitutional and legal problems.
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Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund
A coalition of President Donald Trump's critics is suing to block payouts from a new $1.8 billion settlement fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.
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Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund
A coalition of President Donald Trump's critics is suing to block payouts from a new $1.8 billion settlement fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government. Plaintiffs for the lawsuit filed Friday include a fired federal…
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