Trump Acting AG Todd Blanche Bizarrely Claims, People That Hurt Police Get Money All the Time'

A new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund was created as part of a settlement tied to a $10 billion lawsuit involving the IRS and the 2019 leak of tax returns. The fund is described as a way for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress. Questions arose about whether people convicted of attacking police, including those involved in Jan. 6, could receive payments. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President JD Vance declined to definitively exclude those attackers. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche refused to rule out the fund’s use for such cases, stating that people who hurt police get money through existing processes like claims, lawsuits, and court settlements, while emphasizing that assaults on law enforcement officers are prosecuted.

"Just to be clear, people that hurt police get money all the time. Okay? There's a process where, where if you are, if you believe you have your rights violated, you can apply for funds, you can sue, you can file a claim, you can go to court. And some of those cases, the state, the government, the federal government settles those cases. It's abhorrent to ever, ever touch a law enforcement officer, which is why anytime anybody does that and it's a federal officer we'll prosecute them. But that's a completely different question with whether an individual is allowed to apply for a claim. Whether"

"The Department claimed the fund was meant for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress, leading many to question whether Jan. 6 rioters could receive money through the fund. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Vice President JD Vance were grilled by reporters over that possibility, with both men refusing to state definitively if those who attacked cops would be excluded from receiving payments."

"Would you be okay with people who were convicted of hurting police getting taxpayer money? asked Reid. While Blanche also refused to explicitly exclude the possibility, his explanation of why that was the case began on an odd note, with Blanche insisting that the situation Reid was describing was actually a common occurrence."

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