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Trump $1.8B anti-weaponization fund faces legal challenge, GOP criticism
Key takeaways
- Capitol during the events of Jan. 6, 2021, have sued to block the creation of the anti-weaponization fund that would dole out money to victims.
- Those victims could include people who were jailed and fined for actions taken on Jan.
- Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges labeled it a slush fund that is the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the events of Jan. 6, 2021, have sued to block the creation of the anti-weaponization fund that would dole out money to victims.
Those victims could include people who were jailed and fined for actions taken on Jan. 6, which the group said meant it would finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in President Trump s name.
The lawsuit from former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges labeled it a slush fund that is the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century.
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