One Republican lawyer close to the administration told CBS News that they expect the fund to face court challenges even though "a lot of people in MAGA world are already counting their money."

The Trump administration is considering the creation of a $1.776 billion fund to compensate people allied with President Donald Trump for legal fees.

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

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.