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The Memo: Trump battered by sea of self-inflicted troubles
Key takeaways
- The setting up of a roughly $1.8 billion compensation fund, purportedly to provide restitution for victims of weaponization of the justice system, is the latest furor.
- Critics call the measure a slush fund, warning it will be used to funnel money solely to Trump supporters, perhaps including people convicted of Jan. 6-related offenses.
- They also highlight the fund s murky genesis as part of a deal to end a legal case Trump took against his own administration, seeking $10 billion over an earlier leak of his tax records.
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The setting up of a roughly $1.8 billion compensation fund, purportedly to provide restitution for victims of weaponization of the justice system, is the latest furor.
Critics call the measure a slush fund, warning it will be used to funnel money solely to Trump supporters, perhaps including people convicted of Jan. 6-related offenses.
They also highlight the fund s murky genesis as part of a deal to end a legal case Trump took against his own administration, seeking $10 billion over an earlier leak of his tax records.
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