"Let me say a couple things about that. First, Jon, I think in some ways the media has misrepresented what this is actually about. This is about compensating Americans for the lawfare that we saw under the last administration. And by the way, anybody can apply for it. Republicans can apply for it. Democrats can apply for it, as you know, the President of the United States has pardoned a number of Democrats who he felt were actually subject to this lawfare."
"I mean, if Hunter Biden wants to apply for this particular fund, he is welcome to. It's going to go through a normal process where we vet everything, where we try to identify whether people's claims are actually legitimate. But here's the question: You say, Why should taxpayers fund this? Whenever the United States government incurs legal expenses, it pays out those legal expenses. When it's settling a lawsuit, it pays money to settle that lawsuit."
"And the question is, is a dollar of this money going to the Trump administration? No. Is a dollar of this money going to Donald Trump persona"
A $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded payout fund was created after a settlement involving the President’s lawsuit against the IRS. The fund is intended to compensate Americans who claim they were harmed by government weaponization and lawfare under the prior administration. The vice president said media coverage misrepresented the purpose and emphasized that the program is about compensating victims of legal persecution. Applications are open to anyone, including Republicans and Democrats, and claims are subject to a normal vetting process to determine legitimacy. The vice president also stated that no portion of the money would go to the Trump administration or to Donald Trump personally.
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