President Trump created a taxpayer-funded fund of $1.8 billion to compensate his allies, including January 6 rioters, along with a provision granting IRS immunity to him and his family.
The fund, called the anti-weaponization fund by the administration, has prompted lawsuits from two former police officers who protected the Capitol on January 6. Daniel Hodges of the Metropolitan Police and Harry Dunn, a former Capitol Police officer, filed suit, calling it the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century. Their complaint states the fund is illegal, lacks statutory authorization, and violates the constitution and federal law, including the 14th Amendment's bar on paying debts from insurrection.
