Senate Democrats launch campaign to kill what DOJ calls its "anti-weaponization fund"
Democrats say the fund would reward Trump allies and Jan. 6 defendants, while Republicans split over limits that could affect a $72 billion spending bill.
- Senate Republicans are stalling on a $70 billion immigration enforcement package as backlash grows against President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund, which critics characterize as a 'slush fund' for political allies.
- Settling Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department established the fund to compensate those claiming political targeting during the Biden administration.
- On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer launched a coordinated Democratic effort to kill the fund, while many Republican senators privately confronted Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about potential payouts to January 6 rioters.
- A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the fund on Friday, and some Republican allies are urging the White House to abandon the controversial program entirely to preserve broader immigration legislation.
- Returning to Washington next week, Senate Republican leaders face intense divisions as Democrats vow to force recorded votes on the fund, leaving the $70 billion immigration package in legislative limbo.
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Dems spotlight anti-weaponization fund as US Senate GOP struggles to pass immigration bill
U.S. Senate Judiciary ranking Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois and former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, right, at a press conference on Capitol Hill opposing the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats, police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and their legal advocates spoke ou…
Where Was $1.776 Billion Going? The Shocking List of People Blocked by New 'Slush Fund' Bill
Senate Democrats on Monday moved to shut down the Trump administration's controversial anti-weaponisation fund, introducing the Drain the Slush Fund Act in Washington as the Justice Department itself backed away from the £1.32 billion ($1.776 billion) scheme earlier the same day. The bill from Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff and Elissa Slotkin would block taxpayer money from going to President Donald Trump, his associates, people convicted of crimes and…
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