A Justice Department milestone of nearly $2 billion will be used to inaugurate an “anti-weaponization fund” for political allies and people allegedly targeted for political, personal, or ideological reasons. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed off on the move and said government machinery should never be weaponized against Americans and that prior wrongs should be made right. The fund’s purpose raises concerns about potential handouts to Jan. 6 insurrectionists, including those pardoned or commuted after Trump returned to office. The DOJ stated it has no liability for protection or safeguarding of the funds, regardless of bank failure, fraudulent transfers, or other fraud or misuse. The fund will be overseen by five people appointed by Blanche.
"The Justice Department ticked off this milestone on Monday, and announced that it would be inaugurating the administration's "anti-weaponization fund" for Trump's political allies and friends-or anyone who's been wrongly targeted for "political, personal or ideological reasons," particularly by the Biden administration."
"At the top of minds over this grift-launch is the likelihood that it will be used to give handouts to Jan. 6 insurrectionists-either because Trump took about zero pause to pardon and commute their sentences as soon as he re-entered office last year; or because he called them "hostages" before they were given clemency; or! maybe! because a lawyer who represents more than 400 of them wasted no time to celebrate news of the fund."
"In its announcement, the DOJ also said that it has "no liability whatsoever for the protection or safeguarding of those funds, regardless of bank failure, fraudulent transfers, or any other fraud or misuse of the funds." Reassuring."
"The move was signed off by none other than Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who said in an accompanying statement that "the machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department's intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again." Same guy who's trying to indict former FBI Director James Comey over an Instagram post of seashells, BTW."
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