Stephen Miller Goes to Bat for Trump's $1.8B Fund: Just a Small Measure Of The Justice That They're Owed'

Stephen Miller defended the president’s $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund after reports that Republican senators received it coolly. Miller said the country experienced years of federal government weaponization against innocent people, resulting in destroyed lives, ruined livelihoods, and deprivation of fundamental rights. The DOJ provided Republican senators with a memo containing talking points before Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and his caucus. The fund was created after a settlement in which the president dropped a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. Blanche is expected to appoint five commissioners to consider claims from people alleging federal government victimization, including Jan. 6 rioters. Resistance is also tied to concerns that the fund could derail a major immigration enforcement and reconciliation bill.

"Well, that's a good closing question only because it allows me to say this, which is that, we lived through four years of more than four years, actually but I'll just say four years in this case of unimaginable weaponization of the federal government against innocent people, Miller said. We've have had so many it really goes back, I would say, further, but so many lives destroyed. So many livelihoods ruined. So many people who were deprived of their fundamental rights and freedoms as American citizens. And this sum is just a small measure of the justice that they're owed."

"The DOJ sent a memo with talking points on the Anti-Weaponization Fund to Republican senators before Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Thune and his caucus. They discussed management of the fund set up after Trump reached a settlement to drop his $10 billion suit against the IRS. Blanche is expected to appoint five commissioners to consider the pleas of those who claim they've been victimized by the federal government, including Jan. 6 rioters."

"CNN's Manu Raju reported after the meeting, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing stiff resistance over the $1.8 billlion [sic] in tense Senate GOP meeting, I'm told. Rs also warn that a major immigration enforcement/reconcilation [sic] bill they want to pass could be derailed with the issue hovering. Acting Attorney Genera"

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