$1.176 Billion Slush Fund for January 6 Rioters is a Myth
“Is there a$1.176 billion dollar slush fund to benefit January 6 rioters?”
Summary
The Department of Justice has created an “anti‑weaponization” fund of roughly $1.7‑$1.8 billion, not $1.176 billion, to compensate Trump allies and some individuals convicted or charged in connection with the January 6 attack. The reported figure of $1.176 billion does not match the amounts disclosed in current reports.
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- Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund | Reuters
"This case is nothing but a racket designed to take $1.7 billion of taxpayer dollars out of the Treasury and pour it into a huge slush fund," Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said ...
- THOMPSON, WAYS & MEANS DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE BILL TO TAX PRESIDENT’S CORRUPT SLUSH FUND FOR JANUARY 6 RIOTERS | Representative Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson (CA-04), Ranking ... government. The SLUSH FUND Act would tax the President’s unethical $1.776 billion slush fund meant to benefit January 6th rioters and other MAGA enablers at 100 percent, rightfully returning taxpayers’ money back to the people of the United ...
- Boyle Statement on DOJ’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund | House Budget Committee Democrats
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the Department of Justice announced it is setting up a $1.8 billion slush fund for President Trump and his insurrectionist followers.
- DOJ sets up $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after Trump drops IRS lawsuit
A group of House Democrats called the move a “$1.7 billion slush fund” that Trump could use to “reward allies, including the nearly 1,600 defendants convicted or charged in connection with the January 6th attack on the Capitol.”
- DOJ creates nearly $2 billion 'anti-weaponization fund': What to know
“This case is nothing but a racket designed to take $1.7 billion of taxpayer dollars out of the Treasury and pour it into a huge slush fund for Trump at DOJ to hand out to his private militia of insurrectionists, rioters, and white supremacists, ...
- Who could benefit from Trump's $1.7+ billion "anti-weaponization" fund? - CBS News
Briffault said that without public guidelines and details of how the commission will work, "it's just kind of an open-ended slush fund."
- Justice Department announces a $1.7 billion 'Anti-Weaponization' fund to compensate Trump allies | PBS News
"This case is nothing but a racket designed to take $1.7 billion of taxpayer dollars out of the Treasury and pour it into a huge slush fund for Trump at DOJ to hand out to his private militia of insurrectionists, rioters, and white supremacists, ...
- DOJ rolls out nearly $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization fund’ as part of Trump’s IRS settlement - POLITICO
He added: “Only Congress has the power to appropriate federal dollars, and Congress never authorized a nearly $1.8 billion political slush fund for aggrieved MAGA foot soldiers and sycophants.”
- Trump administration creates $1.776 billion fund for allies of the president after he drops lawsuit against IRS | CNN Politics
“Donald Trump and his compromised Department of Justice have created a slush fund to make pay outs to Trump supporters and cronies,” Public Citizen co-presidents Lisa Gilbert and Robert Wessman said in a statement.
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