A $1.8 billion fund created by the Trump administration aims to compensate people described as targeted by investigations or prosecution for political reasons. The Department of Justice agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization against the IRS for leaking tax returns. The fund is controversial because Trump is both the plaintiff and the head of the government agencies involved, because distributions are intended without congressional approval, and because pardoned January 6 rioters who assaulted law enforcement officers are seeking money. Sen. Thom Tillis called the plan absurd and criticized it as a misuse of taxpayer dollars. He also criticized related political decisions and election maneuvering involving Republican candidates.
"It will invariably put us in a position where your taxpayers dollars and my taxpayer dollars could potentially compensate someone who assaulted a police officer, admitted their guilt, got convicted, got pardoned and now we are going to pay them for that. That's absurd, said Tillis. When you take money from me to give to a purpose that I vehemently disagree with, that's tyranny, and that's what that account is."
"The fund purports to allow distribution of funds without congressional approval, and January 6 rioters who were pardoned by Trump are seeking a share of the funds even those who assaulted law enforcement officers."
"Trump as president is now in the role of both the plaintiff in his lawsuit and in charge of the defendant government agencies, the fund purports to allow distribution of funds without congressional approval, and January 6 rioters who were pardoned by Trump are seeking a share of the funds even those who assaulted law enforcement officers."
"Even before Trump finally endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the bitterly fought Texas Senate primary runoff, Tillis had blasted Trump for backing off from a reported initial plan to endorse Cornyn, calling it a mistake and bemoaning Republicans allowing this internecine election battle to continue to fester as lazy and unstrategic."
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