Trump, the Great Unifier for Democrats, Is Dividing the GOP with $1.8B Plan to Pay Jan. 6 Rioters, Pardon Himself

Pardoned WA J6er wants some of $1.8B Trump fund. And he’s on a Tri-Cities ballot

A pardoned Tri-Cities January 6 rioter wants a cut of President Trump’s proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.

Trump, the great unifier for Democrats, is dividing the GOP with $1.8B plan to pay Jan. 6 rioters, pardon himself

Donald Trump is driving Washington into uncharted territory, from an unprecedented IRS deal protecting him and his family to an aggressive campaign to reshape the Republican Party through pressure and intimidation. In New Jersey, Gov. Mikie Sherrill is emerging as a direct counterweight, challenging Trump on money, policy and political blame as tensions spill into real-world consequences.

Jan. 6 “Lectern Guy” now wants up to $5 million from taxpayers through Trump compensation fund

Adam Johnson, the 41-year-old Florida carpenter photographed carrying Nancy Pelosi’s lectern through the Capitol Rotunda on January 6, 2021, told The Times of London he expects to seek between $2 million and $5 million from the Department of Justice’s newly announced “Anti-Weaponisation” fund. He booked flights from Florida to Washington to hand-deliver his letter to...

Republicans in Congress ‘could stop this at any time’: Jan 6 officer suing over Trump’s $1.8B fund

The newly-assembled and highly dubious “Anti-Weaponization” fund announced by the Department of Justice this week would allow people who attended the January 6 riot at the Capitol to seek compensation. DC Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, who was at the capitol that day, asks, “Why should the United States government pay the people who attacked it?”

'That Money Should Be Going Toward Working Americans': Rep. Shontel Brown Slams Trump Admin's Billions for Jan. 6 Rioters

U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown has sharply criticized what she describes as a “blatant corruption” scheme tied to a proposed $1.8 billion fund that she says could financially benefit individuals connected to the January 6 Capitol attack and political allies of President Donald Trump. Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, announced she has joined legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Thompson to block the creation of what critics are calling an “anti-weaponization…

Jan. 6 police officers sue Trump over $1.77B ‘taxpayer-funded slush fund’

Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay people said to be victims of judicial weaponization, saying the fund…