Caputo worked on Trump’s campaigns and became entangled in a lengthy federal investigation into whether the president colluded with Russia.

Michael Caputo is the first high-profile public claimant of a payout from the $1.8 billion, which critics have argued is an attempt to funnel money to Trump’s allies.

Michael Caputo is the first high-profile public claimant of a payout from the $1.8 billion, which critics have argued is an attempt to funnel money to Trump’s allies.

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

Caputo, a spokesperson at the Department of Health and Human Services during Trump’s first term, filed the claim a day after the Justice Department set up the $1.8 billion fund.

Caputo worked on Trump’s campaigns and became entangled in a lengthy federal investigation into whether the president colluded with Russia.

Michael Cohen, a Trump lawyer-turned-critic, is planning to apply for money from the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization fund," he told CBS News.