Monday, May 18, 2026

They Were “Horribly Treated”

He’s trying to use our money to enrich his loyalists, his own ass, and his family.”

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill reacted to the Trump administration dropping its $10 billion IRS lawsuit in exchange for the Justice Department officially establishing a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," which critics and Democratic lawmakers have widely denounced as a taxpayer-backed political slush fund for allies and January 6 insurrectionists.

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna defended the fund, agreeing with reimbursing those she called “innocent” victims of what she believes were politically motivated lawsuits under the Biden administration.

Drop Site’s Julian Andreone also pressed Democrats on whether taking corporate PAC money undermines their credibility in opposing Trump’s corruption. New York’s Rep. AOC said corporate money “corrupts the whole system,” while Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride agreed but stressed Democrats must “fucking win” before putting the House in order.
A slight correction: they were prosecutions, not lawsuits. And they started under Trump, after January 6.  They were "horribly treated." We'll see if the court lets the plaintiffs dismiss their suit and enter into a settlement with the government under these circumstances. And especially this settlement. My money is in the court not allowing itself to be used this way (since the judgement fund is only legally accessible through litigation or settlement of litigation); but I’ve been wrong before. 😑
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