Raskin labels Trump-IRS settlement a constitutional slush fund
TL;DR
Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, denounced a reported $1.776 billion fund intended to compensate Trump allies via an IRS settlement as a constitutional political slush fund that Congress never authorized; he argues it would pay nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants and insurrectionists, potentially violating the Fourteenth Amendment, and says Democrats will sue to block the plan.
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