Trump family members, Jan. 6 defendants could pocket payouts from new 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
President Trump announced that his new 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' could provide taxpayer-funded payments to his family members and defendants from the January 6 riot. A committee will determine eligibility for these payments, which aim to address grievances against the Biden administration. Critics, including several Democrats, have condemned the fund as a misuse of taxpayer money to reward allies involved in the Capitol riot.
- ▪The fund is valued at $1.776 billion and aims to compensate those treated unfairly by the Biden administration.
- ▪A committee of respected individuals will oversee the fund and decide on payment eligibility.
- ▪Democrats have criticized the fund as a slush fund for Trump allies, labeling it as corruption.
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President Trump said Monday that members of his family and Jan. 6 defendants could receive taxpayer-funded payments from his $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” that will pay reparations to people he said were treated unfairly by the Biden administration. The president said a committee administering the fund would decide if his family member and people prosecuted for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capital would be eligible for payments. “A committee is being set up, very talented people, highly respected people,” he said. “You have families absolutely destroyed, and it’s all going to be determined by a committee of four or five people that are respected and very brilliant at what they do.” Mr.
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