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Schiff targets compensation fund for Trump allies with 2 measures
Key takeaways
- Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is expected to introduce two new pieces of legislation targeting payouts from the Department of Justice s (DOJ) new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund.
- The other bill aims to ban payouts from lawsuits filed by Trump and Vance retroactive to 2025, per the outlet.
- Trump s multi-billion-dollar slush fund is the most brazen act of self-dealing corruption we ve ever seen, Schiff wrote in a Tuesday statement on the social platform X.
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Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is expected to introduce two new pieces of legislation targeting payouts from the Department of Justice s (DOJ) new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund.
One piece of legislation would block the DOJ from issuing payouts from the fund to President Trump, Vice President Vance, members of Congress, congressional staff, political appointees, senior executive branch employees, and presidential campaign employees, according to Semafor.
The other bill aims to ban payouts from lawsuits filed by Trump and Vance retroactive to 2025, per the outlet.
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