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Ex-prosecutor & other “#Trump critics” [sane humans who believe in the #law] sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' #SlushFund
A coalition of “Trump’s critics”, including a fired prosecutor & a college professor acquitted of assaulting federal agents at a protest, sued Friday to block payouts from the $1.776 billion “settlement” fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.
#DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MAGASlushFund
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There’s a Way to Stop Trump’s #IRS #SlushFund
by #JamieRaskin
These days it takes a spectacular burst of #corruption to get the attention of our scandal-weary nation, but #Trump & his admin have managed, once again, to transfix Americans by establishing a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund in the #DOJ that will undoubtedly be used to line the pockets of Trump’s partisans & foot soldiers — with your tax dollars.
#law #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney
nytimes.com/2026/05/22/opinion…
"Senate R’s⚡pitched ideas (like parameters for appointment of commissioners & restrictions on eligibility) but DOJ says there’s nothing to fix
Sen Cramer said DOJ might be right “from a legal standpoint”
But🚨from a political standpoint? “It’s unexplainable. That’s the problem”
-A Desiraio
"On potential guardrails for the #weaponization fund: “I think the #DOJ & admin’s gonna have to come up with some suggestions & ideas”
“We need to get some clarity,” -Thune."
-B Pederson
#SlushFund #USPol
#Senate #Republicans, unhappy with #Trump $1.8B settlement #SlushFund, delay a vote on paying for #immigration enforcement
Senate Republicans appeared increasingly unlikely to meet their self-imposed deadline for passing a ~$70 billion immigration enforcement bill as disputes over “security” funding for the Trump #ballroom & the $1.8 billion #MAGASlushFund derailed progress.
#law #criminal #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6
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Thank you!
#Jan6 Police Officers Sue to Block #Trump $1.8 Billion #SlushFund
2 officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, sued the Trump admin to try to stop the creation of a $1.8 bn fund they argue would benefit #insurgents who committed violence to support Trump. The lawsuit argues the admin exceeded its authority to create the fund without #Congress’s authorization.
#law #criminal #fraud #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #MAGASlushFund
nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/poli…
Umm… say what now???
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The agreement the #DOJ made with #Trump to settle his lawsuit against the #IRS includes a provision BARRING the agency from pursuing #tax claims against Trump, his family or his businesses. The new provision was released a day after DOJ agreed to settle Trump’s lawsuit by creating a $1.8 billion compensation fund for people *he believes* were wronged by federal investigations or prosecutions.
Blanche will face questions from #Congress over a nearly $1.8B fund to compensate #Trump allies
Acting AG #ToddBlanche will appear on Capitol Hill for his first congressional testimony since taking over #DOJ. The agency faces intense scrutiny over plans to create a $1.776 billion fund to pay allies of Trump who believe they were political targets.
#criminal #law #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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The #US #DOJ is preparing to seek an #indictment against former #Cuba President #RaúlCastro, 3 people familiar with the matter told AP Friday, as #Trump threatens possible #military action against the communist-run island.
One of the people told AP that the potential indictment is connected to Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of 4 planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. #Castro was defense minister at the time.
The depth of the #Trump admin’s #criminal #corruption on display:
When #DOJ indicted India’s richest man in the final weeks of the #Biden admin, prosecutors described an “elaborate” #bribery scheme involving “corruption & #fraud at the expense of US investors.”
Now…the DOJ is planning to drop the charges altogether.
The reversal came after the Indian #billionaire, Gautam Adani, hired a new legal team led by Robert J. Giuffra Jr., one of Trump’s personal lawyers.
After a year-long “investigation”, the #Trump #DOJ concluded that #Yale School of Medicine “discriminated” based on race in its admissions, favoring Black & Hispanic applicants over White & Asian ones, the agency said Thursday.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #CivilRights #SCOTUS #WhiteSupremacy
washingtonpost.com/education/2…
Their lives and reputations deliberately ruined by the Republican Trump administration.
At West Palm Beach hearing, Epstein victims speak out about having their names appear unredacted in files
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#Trumpstein #trump #epstein #WestPalm #DOJ
At West Palm Beach hearing, Epstein victims speak out about having their names appear unredacted in files - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein spoke out at a hearing held in Palm Beach County.Democratic membersRead MoreSebastian Cuervo (WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale)
Unbelievable
The #FederalGovernment can keep the #2020election ballots from #Georgia’s #FultonCounty that were seized by the #FBI from a warehouse near #Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday.
US District Judge JP Boulee’s decision came after lawyers for the county had argued that the #ballots & other #election materials, as well as any electronic copies the #DOJ has made, should be returned because the seizure was improper & #unconstitutional.
The #DOJ sued #Colorado on Wednesday over a #state #law banning #HighCapacityMagazines, which was passed after a 2012 #MassShooting at a movie theater in Aurora, CO. It was the second lawsuit in two days that the #Trump admin has filed against #GunControl policies in the #Democratic-controlled state.
#Trump’s #Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick appears before #House panel over ties to #JeffreyEpstein
Lutnick is sitting for a closed-door interview over his contact with the convicted sex offender in the years after 2008. Lutnick has given contradictory statements about his relationship with Epstein.
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
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"A close reading of the Justice Department’s charges Monday afternoon against 31-year-old Cole Allen hint that he didn’t fire any weapon at all.
In fact, it’s not clear from what we know that this was a 'shooting' at all. ...
Here is what to me is a more likely scenario than what the government is telling us so far:"
~ Garrett M. Graff
#WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #violence #shooting #DOJ #ColeAllen
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Is the Justice Department lying about Saturday's "shooting"?
A central point of the government's case doesn't add up.Garrett Graff (Doomsday Scenario)
#DOJ indicts former #FBI Director #JamesComey for a 2nd time
Fmr FBI Director James #Comey was [ridiculously] indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells ofcls claim threatened #Trump, marking the admin’s 2nd attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, 3 sources.
Trump has long pressed for his political adversaries to face charges, including #Comey who he sees as a leader in the perceived effort to “weaponize” the justice system against him.
“Adopting Trump’s Voice” [IOW #Trump dictated the DOJ’s filing] #DOJ Asks Judge to Let #Ballroom Proceed
The court filing links the security breach at the #WHCD to the lawsuit over Trump’s ballroom project.
[problematically for this argument is that the WHCD CANNOT be held at the White House — idiots! -- the #WHCA is a #PrivateOrganization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. And the White House has NEVER been rented out for private events.]
#Trump officials hire ‘#deportation judges’ with less training, experience & hella-sketchy track records
Trump is remaking #courts to clear a backlog of #asylum cases. Hires include an attorney for #Jan6 rioters, a lawyer who championed #Minneapolis #ICE raids, a divorce lawyer who has vowed to “fight exclusively for the rights of men,” & a judge who denied a #gay Serbian man #humanitarian protection because he didn’t look “overtly gay.”
#law #immigration #DOJ #rigged
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#DOJ makes it easier to deport those with #DACA status
The #Trump admin is making it easier to deport immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
A new precedent decision published Friday by the Board of Immigration Appeals (#BIA) says being a DACA recipient is not enough reason to provide relief from #deportation.
The #US #DOJ said on Friday it is taking actions to strengthen the federal #DeathPenalty, including readopting #FiringSquads & the #LethalInjection protocol.
Acting AG #ToddBlanche has authorized seeking death sentences against nine people after the Justice Department rescinded a #Biden-era moratorium on federal #executions, the department said.
#Trump #law #HumanRights #CapitalPunishment
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lol
#DOJ drops criminal probe of #FederalReserve chair #JeromePowell
#USAttorney for DC #JeanninePirro said Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s building renovations because the Fed’s IG would scrutinize them instead.
The decision ends an investigation, one of several into #Trump’s perceived adversaries, that for months had failed to gain traction as prosecutors struggled to articulate a basis to suspect #criminal conduct.
