Despite the DOJ saying it is scrapping plans to launch a $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," many Jan. 6 defendants are still eying payouts using other legal paths.

Jan. 6 defendants were already seeking payments before the fund was created.

Despite the DOJ saying it is scrapping plans to launch a $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," many Jan. 6 defendants are still eying payouts using other legal paths.

The Justice Department has a bottomless pot of money that can be used to settle legal claims made against the government.

The administration is already sitting on a virtually endless pile of cash to pay settlements in cases against the government