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Cassidy: Congress should decide $1.776B fund for Trump allies
Key takeaways
- Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Wednesday that the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund that the Department of Justice (DOJ) created earlier this week should be approved by Congress.
- If there needs to be a settlement, the administration should bring it to Congress to decide, he added.
- The fund will be overseen by five board members chosen by Blanche, with one member chosen in consultation with congressional leadership, according to the DOJ.
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Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Wednesday that the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund that the Department of Justice (DOJ) created earlier this week should be approved by Congress.
People are concerned about paying their mortgage or rent, affording groceries and paying for gas, not about putting together a $1.8 billion fund for the President and his allies to pay whomever they wish with no legal precedent or accountability, Cassidy wrote on social platform X.
This is adding to our national debt. If there needs to be a settlement, the administration should bring it to Congress to decide, he added.
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