Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” isn’t just a payout to his supporters — it’s a loophole that could lead to a complete subversion of the Constitution.

The administration has “no liability” for what recipients do with the money—which may be important given who they’re giving it to.

The new fund could pay claims to the likes of Jan. 6 rioters and other purported victims of “lawfare” by previous administrations.

The money will reward Trump allies who believe they were mistreated by the Justice Department under the Biden administration.

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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…

The unprecedented lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against the Internal Revenue Service over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns years ago has led to an…

Trump's new $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" sets an extraordinary new precedent.

Trump using his “anti-weaponization” fund to put January 6 rioters on the dole is a whole new kind of corruption.

Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” isn’t just a payout to his supporters — it’s a loophole that could lead to a complete subversion of the Constitution.

Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” isn’t just a payout to his supporters — it’s a loophole that could lead to a complete subversion of the Constitution.

The fund, created after Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit with the IRS, can be used to pay out “victims of lawfare and weaponization.”

The fund, created after Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit with the IRS, can be used to pay out “victims of lawfare and weaponization.”

President Trump's critics are fuming after the DOJ announced a $1.776 billion fund that could compensate Trump allies, including Jan. 6 defendants.

One of Trump’s former staffers is already attempting to cash in on the “anti-weaponization fund.”

The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.

President Donald Trump is a studied beneficiary of the Overton window. That is, the many extreme and norm-busting things he does, over time, make things that would once be…

President Donald Trump’s administration has created a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay people who say they were victims of government “weaponization,” raising questions about whom…

The new fund to provide payouts to those who say the legal system was "weaponized" against them raised immediate questions about its legality, implementation and enforcement.

The ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is an extraordinary example of bald self-dealing

President Donald Trump’s settlement with his own government to create a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund appears to be going over like a lead balloon on Capitol Hill.