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 DOJ said it was abandoning plans for the fund, which critics feared would be used to give taxpayer money to Jan. 6 rioters, but plans to bar the I.R.S. from auditing Trump’s…

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.