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The Guardian | Trump reportedly mulling retreat from $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund by George Chidi and Roque Planas
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Donald Trump is reportedly reconsidering whether to continue pursuing a $1.8 billion "anti‑weaponization" fund meant to compensate allies after a court‑ordered pause by the Justice Department; the fund, announced as part of a settlement in Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS, has sparked fierce political backlash, with Republicans warning of a lack of oversight and the potential to pay participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, while Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, have denounced it as the president’s most brazen act of self‑dealing and vowed to force a vote to block payments, preserve records, and hold hearings. Legal challenges have already temporarily blocked disbursements after a lawsuit by Democracy Forward, and figures such as Senate Majority Leader John Thune and former Vice President Mike Pence have urged the administration to shut the fund down, with several states proposing taxes on any distributions.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/senate-democrats-challenge-trump-slush-fund
#DonaldTrump #JohnThune #ChuckSchumer #IRS #uspolitics #MikePence
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The mass-deletion of government information about the #insurrection, in which a mob of #Trump supporters injured 140 #police officers & threatened the lives of members of #Congress & then-Vice President #MikePence, follows a broader effort by the Trump admin to #whitewash the attack.
#FDT #Whitewashing #gaslighting #propaganda #Trumpaganda #BizarroWorld #law #SeditiousConspiracy #PoliticalViolence #assault #murder #manslaughter
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The threat from #Trump to his VP, #MikePence, was clear & direct: If you defy my effort to overturn the #2020election by certifying the results, your future in #Republican #politics is over.
“Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Trump told #Pence by phone the morning of #Jan6 acc/to the WH #valet who was w/TFG for much of the day & told #Congress he’d overheard the conversation.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/trump-pence-jan-6-white-house-valet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
Mike Pence mocked for saying ‘I don’t really buy into the rich need to pay their fair share’
#MikePence #richfairshare #GOPprimary #taxfairness #incomeinequality #politicalmockery #Politics #News
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“You can indict a ham sandwich.” — #MikePence to #WolfBlitzer on @CNN.
#HamSandwich #TrumpIndicted #LockHimUp #CNN