The settlement will create an “anti-weaponisation fund” to compensate people who claim to have been victims of US government lawfare, possibly including those convicted over the January 6 riots, stunning his Democrat opponents.

The fund would pay victims of so-called government weaponization.

If case is settled for full amount Trump is requesting, a $10bn payment would more than double his family’s net worth

The fund was created as part of a settlement resolving Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his confidential tax records.