DOJ’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Slush Fund Creates a ‘Profound Loophole’ in the Congressional Appropriations Process

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Originally published at: DOJ’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Slush Fund Creates a ‘Profound Loophole’ in the Congressional Appropriations Process - TPM – Talking Points Memo

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice announced the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund — dubbed the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” — on Monday to compensate those people who claim “suffered weaponization and lawfare,” a group that includes many of Trump’s friends and allies, as well as the assorted right-wing activists who stormed the Capitol on…

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It’s griftoriffic.

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This smells like Russell Vought , he is the lynchpin in this regime.

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I want all dems out there saying categorically that this is theft of US taxpayer money and the single most corrupt thing every done by any president in the US ever. I’m hearing too much hedging in their statements.

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It had to be $1.776 billion, because branding is everything, but I’m surprised he didn’t name it the “Patriot Fund” or something similar. Media, please break into Republicans’ House and Senate offices, find them hiding under their desks, and get an “I don’t know anything about that” on the record from every fucking one of them.

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Can we please just release the Epstein files in their entirety? Most, if not all, of our problems would either vanish or become totally immediately doable.

If not, I’ve been paying federal taxes, and if Trump’s corrupt plan for his “slush fund” is allowed by the courts and the IRS, may I have my money back please? Otherwise I am indirectly funding a fraud and I would be participating/funding criminal acts.

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It’s a corrupt and blatantly illegal slush fund to be used as Orange Caligula™️ sees fit. Can this be stopped? Sure. But only if MAGA party henchmen in Congress (and Democrats) say the money is illegally given without their permission. The only other alternative is courts stopping it, but that takes time unless distributions are stayed pending a ruling on the merits.

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Donald Trump is a modern day Nicolae Ceausescu on the cusp of his downfall, i.e. totally corrupt and delusional.

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Except that Romanian grift and corruption didn’t have the potential to take down the world’s economy.

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I plan to request $1 million under this program. Maybe I’ll slip through the cracks. Can I get paid in crypto?