Thune ‘not a big fan’ of Trump administration setting up a $1.8B compensation fund for MAGA allies
The settlement gives claimants a voluntary, nonpartisan process and sends quarterly reports to the attorney general, with any unused money returning to the government.
- The U.S. Department of Justice established a $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' for individuals who believe they were politically targeted, including by the Biden administration Justice Department.
- This fund was created as part of a settlement leading President Donald Trump to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service related to leaked tax returns.
- Critics argue the fund might compensate people involved or convicted for the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
- Conservative lawyer Ed Whelan noted a conflict of interest involving Trump benefiting from a fund connected to a lawsuit involving his DOJ, possibly including payments to Trump allies prosecuted under the current administration.
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Donald Trump IRS Lawsuit Settlement Sparks Constitutional Questions Over $1.8 Billion Fund.
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to give away tax dollars without congressional or judicial authorization to his friends and allies whom he believes were mistreated by the Biden administration. Can he legally do that? Here is the backstory. During the last year of his first term in office, Trump’s tax returns were stolen along with those of 425,000 others by an IRS employee who leaked Trump’s to media o…
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When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise
A banner featuring President Trump on the outside of the DOJ building in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesThomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. He believed that insurrectionists relinquish their status as citizens the moment they seek to overthrow the government and should never be rewarded for doing so. Hobbes, one of the finest political theorists of his time, said this in his great political treatise, “L…
DOJ creates $1.7 billion fund to compensate Trump allies
(CNN, KYMA) - The Justice Department (DOJ) announced Monday the creation of a $1.7 billion fund which would compensate allies of President Donald Trump. It comes after court documents reveal President Trump is dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. Trump, along with his two older sons, filed the lawsuit earlier this year over the leak of his tax returns from his first presidency. The fund would pay those who claim they were unfairly i…
Trump creates fund for wronged allies
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (whom President Donald Trump hired) will appoint a five-person panel to administer the money to people who claim that they suffered “lawfare” at the hands of the government. The fund could be used to write checks to those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, or other allies of Trump, who himself has claimed he was the target of “lawfare” during the Biden presidency. The new compensation program is part o…
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