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“Let’s call this what it is: a billion-dollar #SlushFund for #Trump to reward #felons, #insurrectionists, & cronies, paid for by YOUR taxpayer dollars,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, a member of the subcommittee from Delaware, wrote on X. “It’s bad enough that this #DOJ believes it works for Donald Trump. Now, it’s giving him its budget to use as his piggy bank.”

#criminal #law #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund

Tuesday’s hearing is meant to address the #Trump admin’s budget request for the #DOJ but is likely to delve into other controversies that have escalated concerns about the erosion of the law enforcement agency’s tradition of #independence from the White House.

#criminal #law #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund

Blanche will face questions from #Congress over a nearly $1.8B fund to compensate #Trump allies

Acting AG #ToddBlanche will appear on Capitol Hill for his first congressional testimony since taking over #DOJ. The agency faces intense scrutiny over plans to create a $1.776 billion fund to pay allies of Trump who believe they were political targets.

#criminal #law #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-05-19-2026

#JamieRaskin also says, if #Democrats take back one or both chambers of #Congress, they will shut down this crazy illegal #MAGASlushFund, & use #oversight power to compel release of a list of any / all payments made between now & 2027.

So #VOTE!!!!!!

#Trump #criminal #law #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund

The #MAGASlushFund would represent not only a highly unorthodox resolution but also a further demonstration of the admin’s eagerness to reward allies who before #Trump came to #power were investigated & in many cases charged & #convicted. Most notably, Trump on his first day back in office pardoned or commuted the sentences of supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

#criminal #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund

The #MAGASlushFund would represent not only a highly unorthodox resolution but also a further demonstration of the admin’s eagerness to reward allies who before #Trump came to #power were investigated & in many cases charged & #convicted. Most notably, Trump on his first day back in office pardoned or commuted the sentences of supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

#criminal #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund

The #MAGASlushFund would represent not only a highly unorthodox resolution but also a further demonstration of the admin’s eagerness to reward allies who before #Trump came to #power were investigated & in many cases charged & #convicted. Most notably, Trump on his first day back in office pardoned or commuted the sentences of supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

#criminal #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund

The #MAGASlushFund would represent not only a highly unorthodox resolution but also a further demonstration of the admin’s eagerness to reward allies who before #Trump came to #power were investigated & in many cases charged & #convicted. Most notably, Trump on his first day back in office pardoned or commuted the sentences of supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

#criminal #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund

The #MAGASlushFund would represent not only a highly unorthodox resolution but also a further demonstration of the admin’s eagerness to reward allies who before #Trump came to #power were investigated & in many cases charged & #convicted. Most notably, Trump on his first day back in office pardoned or commuted the sentences of supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

#criminal #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund

The admin has awarded lucrative contracts for 250th anniversary celebrations to #EventStrategies, the company that organized the rally #Trump held on #Jan6, 2021 that was followed by the attack on the Capitol. (NYT reported Event Strategies has at least $13 million in #federal contracts.) Owners of that company, which was paid $688,000 for its work organizing that rally, denied responsibility for the ensuing #insurrection.

#law #FreedomOfReligion #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/politics/jan-6-contracts.html

The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney

The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney

The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney

The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney

The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney

The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/

The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/

The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/

The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/

The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/

The substance of Trump’s suit stems from the leak of his tax returns to The New York Times in 2019. #Trump, 2 of his sons & his family business argue that the #IRS should have done more to prevent a former contractor from leaking tax information to The Times & ProPublica.

While federal #law allows for people to sue the IRS when their tax information is leaked, legal experts saw clear flaws in Trump’s suit….

#criminal #law #scammer #fraud
#TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy

Ending his #IRS lawsuit could allow #Trump to pursue a #settlement instead [he’d likely lose the lawsuit, he might get $$ from a settlement].

Trump moved on Monday to dismiss his extraordinary $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS that claimed the tax agency had improperly released some of his financial records [records he had promised to release himself].

#law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/trump-irs-lawsuit.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share

If Musk and DoGE were serious about saving millions of tax payer dollars they’d revoke Trump’s golf pass.

#DOGE #musk #trump #taxpayersmoney #deficit #golf

@MJmusicinears If I fly to EU (8hr flight) I usually pay between $800-$1200 for a round trip. 80 undocumented people to Mexico at $1,000 per person shouldn’t be $800+K !!!! It should be at the most $100K. Someone is lining their pockets with hard working taxpayers money (since rich people don’t pay taxes, or at the most just minimum) #oligarchs #stealing #taxpayersmoney

Prince Harry’s bitter security battle ‘will cost taxpayers £1m’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/news/prince-harry-high-court-battle-cost-b2458896.html

#Harry
#Security
#TaxPayersMoney
#Court
#JudicialReview

One journalist in article is a friend/former colleague of mine.
We need folks to understand that not only are #Indigenous #LandDefenders & hereditary leadership & their non-native citizen supporters treated #unjustly - multiple #media #journalists are also #arrested & blocked from doing their job by #RCMP 😠

In #BritishColumbia - #BCNDP knew their #CorporateMercenaries were #BreakingTheLaw & still gave them more #TaxpayersMoney to raid & #harass #FirstNations on #UncededNativeLand in #Canada 🤬

One journalist in article is a friend/former colleague of mine.
We need folks to understand that not only are #Indigenous #LandDefenders & hereditary leadership & their non-native citizen supporters treated #unjustly - multiple #media #journalists are also #arrested & blocked from doing their job by #RCMP 😠

In #BritishColumbia - #BCNDP knew their #CorporateMercenaries were #BreakingTheLaw & still gave them more #TaxpayersMoney to raid & #harass #FirstNations on #UncededNativeLand in #Canada 🤬

One journalist in article is a friend/former colleague of mine.
We need folks to understand that not only are #Indigenous #LandDefenders & hereditary leadership & their non-native citizen supporters treated #unjustly - multiple #media #journalists are also #arrested & blocked from doing their job by #RCMP 😠

In #BritishColumbia - #BCNDP knew their #CorporateMercenaries were #BreakingTheLaw & still gave them more #TaxpayersMoney to raid & #harass #FirstNations on #UncededNativeLand in #Canada 🤬

One journalist in article is a friend/former colleague of mine.
We need folks to understand that not only are #Indigenous #LandDefenders & hereditary leadership & their non-native citizen supporters treated #unjustly - multiple #media #journalists are also #arrested & blocked from doing their job by #RCMP 😠

In #BritishColumbia - #BCNDP knew their #CorporateMercenaries were #BreakingTheLaw & still gave them more #TaxpayersMoney to raid & #harass #FirstNations on #UncededNativeLand in #Canada 🤬

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/svb-collapse-fed-regulation-financial-system-safety/673401/.

#SVB #corporatesocialism #corporatesocialresponsibility #taxes #government #taxpayersmoney #BankingDeregulation #KatiePorter #Elizabethwarrendecentralizedfinance #berniesanders #trump #MnuchinCorruption #bitcoin

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/svb-collapse-fed-regulation-financial-system-safety/673401/.

#SVB #corporatesocialism #corporatesocialresponsibility #taxes #government #taxpayersmoney #BankingDeregulation #KatiePorter #Elizabethwarrendecentralizedfinance #berniesanders #trump #MnuchinCorruption #bitcoin

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/svb-collapse-fed-regulation-financial-system-safety/673401/.

#SVB #corporatesocialism #corporatesocialresponsibility #taxes #government #taxpayersmoney #BankingDeregulation #KatiePorter #Elizabethwarrendecentralizedfinance #berniesanders #trump #MnuchinCorruption #bitcoin

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/svb-collapse-fed-regulation-financial-system-safety/673401/.

#SVB #corporatesocialism #corporatesocialresponsibility #taxes #government #taxpayersmoney #BankingDeregulation #KatiePorter #Elizabethwarrendecentralizedfinance #berniesanders #trump #MnuchinCorruption #bitcoin

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/svb-collapse-fed-regulation-financial-system-safety/673401/.

#SVB #corporatesocialism #corporatesocialresponsibility #taxes #government #taxpayersmoney #BankingDeregulation #KatiePorter #Elizabethwarrendecentralizedfinance #berniesanders #trump #MnuchinCorruption #bitcoin

Analysis of Government purchase card spending reveals ‘scandalous’ waste of taxpayers’ money
Almost £345,000 was spent by Foreign Office officials in 2021 under the heading “restaurants and bars", the data reveals.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/analysis-of-government-purchase-card-spending-reveals-scandalous-waste-of-taxpayers-money-343475/

#CostOfGreedCrisis #LetThemEatCake #GovermentSpending #TaxpayersMoney