Congress Questions DOJ's $1.8B 'Lawfare' Fund as Pushback Grows
TL;DR
Acting A.G. Todd Blanche is meeting with Republican senators to defend the DOJ’s new $1.8 billion fund intended to compensate people who allege DOJ overreach during the Biden era, a plan Republicans condemn as a 'slush fund' that could pay those who attacked police on Jan. 6; Democrats have proposed measures like a 100% tax on payments and other constraints, while Blanche will appoint all five commissioners to administer the fund, keeping the controversy in Congress.
- AG Blanche meets with GOP senators on Trump's DOJ fund; Tillis calls it 'stupid' CNBC
- House ponders reconciliation delay Politico
- Trump’s allies are already lining up to apply to his $1.8 billion fund The Washington Post
- One GOP congressman is vowing to end Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund for allies CNN
- 'I'm not greedy': January 6 rioters and Trump allies eye $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund Reuters
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