WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee urged the Justice Department Wednesday to reconsider its openness to providing money from the Trump administration’s new $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to Jan. 6 rioters who attacked police defending the Capitol. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more
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Two Washington, D.C., law enforcement officers attacked during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot sued on Wednesday to block the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund. Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen has the details. Source link
Their lawsuit alleges Trump administration’s $1.8 billion compensation program will fund and encourage acts of political violence. Source link
Their lawsuit alleges Trump administration’s $1.8 billion compensation program will fund and encourage acts of political violence. Source link
There will be five commissioners, chosen Todd Blanche, who will dole out money. The commissioners haven’t been announced. It’s not clear how the Justice Department will determine how to hand out the money, and the process will be largely shielded from public scrutiny, unlike a civil lawsuit that plays out in open court. Dunn and … Read more
The Trump administration is defending what it calls its “anti-weaponization” fund, using $1.8 billion of taxpayer money to pay Trump allies who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration, and is not ruling out compensating convicted Jan. 6 rioters. On Capitol Hill, Democrats grilled acting Attorney General and former Trump personal lawyer Todd … Read more
Political operative and longtime Trump ally Michael Caputo filed the first known claim for the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization” fund Tuesday, seeking $2.7 million in restitution. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Caputo, who was a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services during … Read more
WASHINGTON — Opponents of a $1.776 billion taxpayer-backed “anti-weaponization” fund projected a quote from one of the Founding Fathers onto the Justice Department building in protest. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “A government of laws, not of men,” read the quote from John Adams, who … Read more
The Trump administration’s newly-announced $1.776 billion fund to compensate people who claim that the government weaponized the legal system against them has attorneys and communications professionals scrambling to position their clients for a handout, CBS News has learned. Legal groups and public relations offices in Washington, D.C., and New York City have been abuzz ever … Read more