Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.
Background
The fund was intended to compensate those who believe they were unfairly prosecuted, including participants in the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach. However, the plan faced bipartisan outrage over the possibility that violent rioters who attacked police at the U.S. Capitol could be considered for payments.
Blanche said at a June hearing that the Justice Department would not move forward with the fund. The decision came after “good faith discussions” with committee members and senators, according to Blanche.
The order also limits the scope of another provision of the settlement that provided broad immunity for Trump and members of his family from tax audits. The tax audit immunity agreement now applies only retroactively to claims open at the time of the settlement and does not protect the president from examination of future tax filings.
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