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Mike Pence says he hopes Trump administration will drop weaponization fund
Pence called the fund a bad idea and said it could pay people who assaulted police officers or vandalized the Capitol, citing broad GOP opposition.
- Former Vice President Mike Pence urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to abandon the new "anti-weaponization fund," calling the $1.8 billion program "deeply offensive" and a "bad idea."
- Established as part of a settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, the $1.8 billion fund aims to provide payouts to individuals claiming the legal system has been "weaponized" against them.
- Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn sued the Justice Department last week, alleging the $1.8 billion fund is illegal, while a federal judge in Virginia issued a temporary restraining order blocking its operation.
- Pence's rebuke adds a prominent Republican voice to mounting criticism that has already divided Senate Republicans and forced GOP leaders to scrap immigration enforcement funding plans earlier this month.
- Asked about Jan. 6, 2021, Pence said he is "very confident of the judgment of history" and warned that efforts to rewrite that day's events will not succeed, viewing his constitutional duty then as sacred.
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