"Mr. Attorney General, let me ask you this, are there going to be rules that say that if you've assaulted a Capitol Hill police officer or committed a violent crime, you will not be eligible? the senator asked. Why not make that a rule? Well, because I'm not one of the commissioners setting up the rules, Blanche replied. You're appointing four of five members, Van Hollen snapped. I am appointing all five members, Blanche said."
"The senator continued: You can certainly set up the rules. I would hope you would make a rule that anyone convicted of assaulting a police officer of violent crime is simply not eligible. They should not apply. After asking briefly about the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, Van Hollen rounded back on the compensation fund."
"The fund, designed to compensate people who claim they were unfairly targeted in prosecutions under past administrations, will see the Treasury Department deposit money into an account overseen by a group selected by the attorney general. Critics, including some MAGA pundits, have voiced concern about who including those who assaulted Capitol police officers in 2021 might receive money from the pot."
"Let me go back to this slush fund because there's also an individual who, after being pardoned by the president, went on to molest two children. And that person actually tried to buy the silence of these children by saying that he would pay them some of the funds that he was hoping to get from your slush funds, Van Hollen said. Can you commit to making"
A $1.8 billion anti-weaponization compensation fund will be funded through a Treasury Department deposit into an account overseen by commissioners selected by the attorney general. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified before a Senate subcommittee and was pressed by Senator Chris Van Hollen about eligibility rules for people accused or convicted of violent crimes, including assaults on Capitol police officers. Blanche said he was not the one setting the rules, while Van Hollen challenged who appoints commissioners and argued that violent offenders should be ineligible. Van Hollen also raised concerns about a pardoned individual accused of molesting children and asked whether such a person could receive money from the fund.
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