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Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

DOJ's $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund for Trump allies Skip to content NOWCAST 16 WAPT 6am News Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local News National News Consumer News Politics 16 Investigates Alyce Clarke Awards Project CommUNITY Entertainment Get the Facts News We Love Upload Weather Radar Alerts Hurricanes Traffic Sports Blitz 16 Player of the Week Contests Scholar Athlete Advertise with WAPT About News Team Editorials MeTV Contact Very Local Titan TV Guide Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement What to know about Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' What to know about Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' Supporters of Pres

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DOJ&#039;s $1.8 billion &#039;anti-weaponization&#039; fund for Trump allies Skip to content NOWCAST 16 WAPT 6am News Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local News National News Consumer News Politics 16 Investigates Alyce Clarke Awards Project CommUNITY Entertainment Get the Facts News We Love Upload Weather Radar Alerts Hurricanes Traffic Sports Blitz 16 Player of the Week Contests Scholar Athlete Advertise with WAPT About News Team Editorials MeTV Contact Very Local Titan TV Guide Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement What to know about Trump&#039;s &#039;Anti-Weaponization Fund&#039; What to know about Trump&#039;s &#039;Anti-Weaponization Fund&#039; Supporters of President Trump could get paid by the government. The program from the Justice Department is *** $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund that will compensate allies of the president who believe they&#039;ve been unjustly investigated and prosecuted for political purposes. In exchange for this program, President Trump dropped. Complaints against the government for the IRS leaking his taxes, the FBI raiding his home, and the DOJ investigating his 2016 campaign for coordinating with the Russian government. Now the president didn&#039;t rule out reimbursing January 6th rioters who he pardoned on the first day of his second term. They&#039;ve been weaponized. They&#039;ve been in some cases imprisoned wrongly. They&#039;ve paid legal fees that they didn&#039;t have. They&#039;ve gone bankrupt. *** 5-person commission who the president has final say over will oversee the fund, and congressional leaders get to weigh in on one of those members. Updated: 9:26 AM CDT May 19, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Advertisement What to know about Trump&#039;s &#039;Anti-Weaponization Fund&#039; Updated: 9:26 AM CDT May 19, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER President Donald Trump's allies who believe they have been wrongly investigated and prosecuted could soon have access to a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund, the Justice Department announced Monday in a move slammed by Democrats as unconstitutional and corrupt.Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement that the “Anti-Weaponization Fund" will represent “a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.” Blanche's statement made no mention of how investigations and prosecutions of Trump’s political opponents under his watch have exposed the Justice Department to the same claims of politicized law enforcement that he has said he opposed.The fund was announced as part of a deal to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.The fund is in keeping with Trump's long-running claims that the Justice Department during the Biden administration was weaponized against him, ev

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