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May 21, 2026

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Senate Republicans express uneasiness with Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘slush fund’

President Donald Trump’s new taxpayer-backed $1.8 billion fund to pay alleged victims of a “weaponized” government is landing with Democrats about how you’d expect — with lawmakers calling it “insane” and “grotesque.”
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Justice Department announces nearly $1.8B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit

The Trump administration announced Monday the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted, an arrangement that Democrats and government watchdogs derided as “corrupt” and unconstitutional.
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Apologies and cash headed to alleged ‘weaponization’ victims in billion-dollar Trump settlement

The Justice Department has created a $1.776 billion fund for people who allege they were victims of federal government “lawfare” as part of a settlement agreement in President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.
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