The idea of a President setting up US Government taxpayer money to pay off people that tried to help him steal an election thru violence aimed at Lawmakers IN Congress is NOT going over well IN THIS Congress…
The annoyance has led to Both houses of Congress walking away from work for a few days…
One CAN be sure that Trump & Co. will be working the phone to find weak GOPer’s for support for his ‘Crime Pays’ efforts…
It doesn’t help Trump that his Real Estate projects on Government property are HIGHLY WITHOUT support either….
Senate Republicans have canceled plans to begin voting this week on a budget reconciliation package that would provide approximately $70 billion to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029 amid a furious disagreement within their conference over the Trump administration’s proposal to establish a $1.8 billion compensation fund for MAGA allies.
Senate Republicans emerging from a lengthy meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said they expect to leave Washington for the Memorial Day recess without voting on the budget reconciliation package that has stalled over disagreements among Republicans over how to put guardrails on the so-called anti-weaponization fund.
“There will not be a vote today,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), an outspoken critic of the proposed legal compensation fund for people who believe they were unfairly investigated or prosecuted by the Biden-era Justice Department.
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) confirmed that votes are not expected anytime soon on the budget reconciliation package and voiced concern about the prospect that the legal compensation fund could pay out people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Britt said she didn’t want any people who assaulted police officers at the Capitol on that day to receive compensation…
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Republicans ….McConnell/ Tillis ….
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday slammed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for accepting the Trump administration’s proposal to establish a $1.8 billion legal compensation fund for people who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted by the Justice Department.
The fund has sparked criticism in both parties, particularly those who believe it could be used for claims from those convicted of assaulting U.S. Capitol police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. Blanche has not ruled out such claims….
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Several people who were convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol have already said they plan to apply for compensation from what Trump administration officials have called an “anti-weaponization” fund.
Republican senators vented their objections to the idea during Thursday’s meeting with Blanche, which lasted for well over an hour….
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was especially forceful about confronting Blanche at the meeting over the anti-weaponization fund.
“Imagine that, a fund that is set up to compensate people who assaulted Capitol police officers and other responding agencies. People that had pled guilty to physical acts against the president may actually be able to get compensated. How absurd does that sound coming out of my mouth?” Tillis told reporters before the meeting.
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Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) said he supports the Department of Justice’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund — and isn’t ruling out seeking money from the account for himself, Politicoreports.
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Politico: “A bipartisan House effort is afoot to kill the $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund created by the Justice Department that could pay allies of President Donald Trump, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the effort ahead of a formal announcement.”
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The White House put out a one-pager about the fund which says the “weaponization fund” will have “no partisan restriction” and that senators “whose records were secretly subpoenaed” could also apply.
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