Byron Donalds Throws Down With CNN's Pamela Brown Over Trump's Anti-Weaponization Fund

A $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund prompted debate over whether people convicted of assaulting law enforcement during the January 6th, 2021 events could receive money from the federal government. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to rule out that possibility. Rep. Byron Donalds said the Biden Justice Department overcharged some individuals related to January 6th prosecutions. He argued that equal justice under the law requires scrutiny of overcharging and political motivations in prosecutions. Donalds said the fund should be utilized under circumstances involving overcharging, but he emphasized that eligibility depends on how the fund operates going forward rather than on a blanket assertion.

"Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to rule out that individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement on January 6th, 2021, will be able to get money from this $1.8 billion fund. Where do you stand on that? Brown asked."

"Well, first, let's be very clear, Donalds began. Understand that there were many people that the Biden Justice Department overcharged with respect to what happened on January 6th. That is a fact. That's what happened, if you look at some of the trials that were conducted there in that time period."

"So under those circumstances, then, yes, this fund like this should be utilized. BROWN: So you're not ruling this out either, that those convicted of attacking police officer could be compensated. You're not ruling out that that could that should be a possibility."

"Look, I think that's something where you BROWN: Just to be clear. DONALDS: Hold on That's something where you have to actually watch the operations of this fund and what moves forward. What you're trying to do is make an assertion where it doesn't even exist today, and that's what you're doing."

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