Trump administration creates $1.7bn fund to compensate political allies prosecuted under Biden
The Trump administration has established a $1.7 billion fund to compensate political allies prosecuted under President Biden. This initiative, labeled the 'Anti-Weaponization Fund,' has faced significant backlash from Democratic lawmakers and watchdog groups, who criticize it as a misuse of taxpayer money. While Trump himself will not receive any payments, the fund is intended to assist others who believe they were unfairly targeted by the Biden administration.
- ▪The Justice Department announced the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for political allies of Trump prosecuted under Biden.
- ▪Democratic lawmakers have condemned the fund as a corrupt 'slush fund' for Trump's loyalists.
- ▪The fund is part of a settlement related to a lawsuit Trump filed against the IRS over a tax returns leak.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 3 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Justice Department announces a $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies — AP News
- ▪ Trump Administration Live Updates: $1.8B Fund Could Funnel to Trump Allies — Hacker News (Newest)
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One enroute to the US, May 15, 2026. EVAN VUCCI / REUTERS US President Donald Trump's Justice Department announced on Monday, May 18, the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate political allies prosecuted under the Biden administration. Democratic lawmakers and watchdog groups immediately attacked the plan as a brazenly corrupt "slush fund" that would reward the Republican president's loyalists with taxpayer money. In exchange for the creation of the "Anti-Weaponization Fund," the Justice Department said Trump was dropping a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a leak of his tax returns. Trump, his two eldest sons, Eric and Donald Jr.
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