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Raskin: Trump aiming to fund ‘private militia’ with ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Raskin: Trump aiming to fund ‘private militia’ with ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

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House Raskin: Trump aiming to fund ‘private militia’ with ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Comments: by Ryan Mancini - 05/19/26 9:48 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Ryan Mancini - 05/19/26 9:48 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday accused President Trump of seeking to fund a “private militia” with the newly announced “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate the president’s allies who say they were wrongly targeted or investigated by the Biden administration. Raskin told MS NOW’s Rachel Maddow that “nothing like this” has been done in U.S. history, calling the name of the fund “the most Orwellian title you can imagine.” “It’s all about weaponizing the tax dollars of the American people to support Donald Trump’s private militia,” he said.

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House Raskin: Trump aiming to fund ‘private militia’ with ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Comments: by Ryan Mancini - 05/19/26 9:48 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Ryan Mancini - 05/19/26 9:48 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday accused President Trump of seeking to fund a “private militia” with the newly announced “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate the president’s allies who say they were wrongly targeted or investigated by the Biden administration. Raskin told MS NOW’s Rachel Maddow that “nothing like this” has been done in U.S. history, calling the name of the fund “the most Orwellian title you can imagine.” “It’s all about weaponizing the tax dollars of the American people to support Donald Trump’s private militia,” he said.

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