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Or sign-in if you have an account.Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an event in May 2023. Photo by Scott Eisen /Getty ImagesFormer Vice President Mike Pence said it’s “deeply offensive” that a new $1.8 billion settlement fund created by the Trump administration to resolve the president’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service could be used to pay participants of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously worked as a personal lawyer for Donald Trump, said the president himself would not receive money from the fund.“I think that the weaponization fund, it’s a bad idea from the start and I would encourage the administration just to drop it,” Pence said Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press. “It’s deeply offensive to me that you could have a fund that could even possibly compensate people who assaulted police officers or vandalized the Capitol on January 6th.” On January 6, 2021, riot police push back a crowd of protesters after they stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT /AFP via Getty ImagesGet a dash of perspective along with the trending news of the day in a very readable format.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againAs the vice president in Trump’s first term, Pence was presiding at the US Capitol during the attempt by Trump supporters to violently stop the certification of the 2020 election for Joe Biden. Some rioters set up a scaffold and threatened to hang the vice president, while he and his family hid during the attack.“The Justice Department has the ability to settle cases,” Pence said Sunday. “But let’s get rid of this fund.”The fund is already facing legal challenges. On Friday, a federal judge in Virginia temporarily barred the Trump administration from taking steps to operate the fund while she considers a longer-lasting block. Another suit, filed by police who responded to the Capitol riots, called the fund “the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century.”Pence joins a growing number of Republicans who have condemned the deal as improper, especially after administration officials said it could be used to pay Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted law-enforcement officers.“In Washington, we don’t need slush funds to settle cases,” Pence said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation, adding it’s appropriate for the department to consider settlements for individual cases where peoples’ rights have been violated.— With assistance from Paige Smith and Erik Larson.Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our newsletters here. Join the Conversation This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. 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