DOJ creates $1.8B anti-weaponization fund after Trump drops IRS suit
The Justice Department created a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" settlement fund as a condition of President Donald Trump voluntarily dropping his multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. The agreement establishes a claims process to compensate people WHO say they were harmed by government "weaponization," requires quarterly reporting and audits to DOJ, and keeps individual payment records confidential. The fund matters because it channels nearly $1.8 billion of federal money into a new compensatory mechanism that can benefit Trump allies and January 6, related defendants and raises legal and congressional oversight questions about large executive settlements.
A “fun” thing about the 1776 number is it makes it more clear how much the settlement agreement is corrupt. Todd Blanche signed his name to an official government document claiming this figure was “based on the projected valuation of future claimants’ claims,” which is clearly, obviously, a lie.
Mueller, She Wrote130They don’t care. They can brazenly lie and break the law and they won’t be held accountable. Either because of pardons, or somehow holding on to power in 2029. Or both.
Corey Rayburn Yung47Blanche had to override Stephen Miller, who kept insisting $1.488 million would be sufficient.
Will Li20The cute numbering is the kind of thing that a good court would seize on as evidence of arbitrariness, just sayin’
Real Benisons12The message I got from the $1.776 # is that Trump wants to define the J6 rioters as real Americans and anyone who crosses him or opposes him as less American And the 1.7 and 1.8 headlines are about sanding down the roughest edges of Trump’s juvenile nihilism
❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆11Especially so considering that the value of the claimants’ claims is $0.00
The Samuelation11This! I'm sick of the meme numbers. We have a candidate for governor in Michigan promising to save families $4747 in taxes. And I've talked to far too many people that earnestly believe that's a real estimate, not just a stupid homage to trump
Another fun thing is that the Judge ruled there is no settlement. So whatever that slush fund is, it's not a settlement. bsky.app/profile/kati...
lindybrandon6So ... OUR tax money going to pay the insurrectionists we also paid to investigate, indict and imprison. Lovely.
A Dandelion4'1776' - we remember👇 Not a coincidence.
DGM3I don’t think we need to call it the “settlement agreement”—that alone gives it too much credence. There is no settlement, no dispute, no agreement between adversaries. It is an open-air conspiracy to loot the Treasury.
JN Hall3Blanche can't possibly be doing this without having a pardon in his pocket along with some kind of pedophilia blackmail involving the DC Bar It's so obviously unethical and criminal and both flagrantly in the open
Jared Friedman 🇺🇦3What the hell is it with these dorks and the clever-number thing? This is exactly like Elon and all his "420.69" shit. It is just the saddest attempt at humor, from genuinely humorless creeps and losers.
Christian Petersen2Why do we have to follow the rules while they shit all over them?
Robert Fields2They sure are having fun with our taxes. Why not get Elon or Jeff or Mark to foot that bill.
Jason Cross2This is a payoff of well over a million dollars to every person charged. If you assumed every single person charged was "weaponized" against or whatever, it's still an INSANE payout.
The NYT headline “Justice Dept. Announces $1.8 Billion Fund in Settling I.R.S. Suit” What they failed to report accurately—the “settlement” was for $1.776 billion. A nod to those he told to “stand back and stand by”, to those who stormed our Capitol on Jan 6th. Paid for with OUR tax dollars.🤬
Paulette Feeney ❌️👑18It is NOT a settlement. It is outright theft. No judge or jury issued a settlement.
Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny!17One of the biggest smacks in the face to the American people is giving these seditious and violent White supremacists, Militia nuts & Nazi traitors $2B taxpayer dollars! WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
TheBaroness 🐸2They can suck my left tit before I give them a discontinued penny in taxes until this is dispensed with.
DOJ sets up corrupt $1.776B "Anti-Weaponization" compensation fund, ostensibly linked to collusive settlement of Trump's meritless $10B suit against IRS. Acting AG Todd Blanche directly involved. www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
Connor Lynch16This raises some questions. p. 3 says it doesn’t represent the value of any claim by Plaintiff but is based on projected valuation of future claims. This is facially inconsistent w using the judgment fund, which is for final judgments and settlements.
ruku9.bsky.social8Todd Blanche is an extremely corrupt mob lawyer. Nothing more. He's a very bad man.
David R Matthew7Stealing from the tax payers out in the open to fund criminals and gift pardons, everyday I think justice and democracy is dead, Trump outdoes himself again
gracegeorge23.bsky.social7Sue them!!! How can they steal American taxpayer money to give to criminals??? The corruption is off the charts. Blanche should be disbarred. 🤦🏼♀️
Lea Leander 6I'm confused. So trump said 'I'll drop the IRS lawsuit if you give me a slush fund for supporters.' And we did. How is this legal?
JEB4They need to reserve about 1.6 billion dollars of that money to pay off the victims of Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department once he is gone.
MKSutherland4They tried to steal an election, and now they are stealing our money and giving it to the people who betrayed us all! There needs to be a Tea in the Boston Harbor level of response! #WeCantAffordTrump
Carl S. Ergo Sum3What state is responsible for revoking Blanche’s bar license?
Kim Eckert3I've said it before; if there is a penny in America's treasury, Trump is going to spend it on himself and friends.
Cantard3"1,776" [Page erupts into flame from the force of my glare.]
Stable Glennius2Holy shit. Read paragraph “D”. It’s in plain English that this money can vanish and nobody need worry about where $1.8B went.
nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social2Founders said to start over if tyranny \ non representative government so they just gave people more incentive.🤔 LFG!👏😂👏
Yup! *DOJ ESTABLISHES 'ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND' AFTER IRS SUIT *DOJ: FUND TO GET $1.776B *DOJ: ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND WILL COME FROM JUDGMENT FUND
Teorema8This dropping on the same day as the Siena poll is a nuclear-powered chef's kiss.
thepreaux.bsky.social7Prepare yourselves mentally for the headline that will receive a 15-minute of fame treatment that we have paid a J6er like this.
SuperPac3They're going to access the judgment fund without a judgment but rather a negotiated settlement? Has that ever been done before?
