Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol sued to prevent anyone, including Jan. 6 rioters, from receiving payouts from a $1.776 billion settlement fund. The fund, created under the Justice Department’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, is intended to compensate people who claim mistreatment by prior administrations’ Justice Department. The officers argue the fund is an illegal slush fund, premised on a corrupt sham settlement, and violates the Constitution and federal law. A five-member commission appointed by the attorney general will decide payouts. The fund is linked to a settlement of Trump’s $10 billion IRS lawsuit over leaked tax returns. The lawsuit seeks dissolution of the fund.
"Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions."
"The lawsuit claims the government's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is an illegal slush fund that Trump will use to "finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name." It describes the fund's creation as "the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century" and calls for dissolving it."
"It describes the fund's creation as "the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century" and calls for dissolving it. "No statute authorizes its creation, the settlement on which it is premised is a corrupt sham, and its design violates the Constitution and federal law," the suit says."
"The fund stems from a settlement of Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. It's designed to compensate those who believe they were mistreated by prior administrations' Justice Department. Decisions on payouts will be made by a five-member commission appointed by the attorney general."
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