US police officers sue Trump over $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund
Key takeaways
- Officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the fund will likely be used to ‘reward’ rioters who attacked the US Capitol.
- In their lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges call the fund “the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century”.
- They are aiming to have the fund dissolved in order to prevent taxpayer money from being disbursed to participants in the attack against the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the fund will likely be used to ‘reward’ rioters who attacked the US Capitol.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A banner featuring US President Donald Trump hangs from the Department of Justice building on May 18 in Washington, DC [Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 20 May 202620 May 2026Two police officers in Washington, DC, have sued the administration of President Donald Trump over its decision to establish a $1.776bn fund to compensate victims of alleged government “weaponisation”.
In their lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges call the fund “the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century”.