Trump says he wasn’t behind creation of $1.7 billion lawfare victims fund
President Donald Trump said he had little involvement in the creation or negotiation of a $1.776 billion Justice Department fund intended to compensate people he says were subjected to politically motivated “lawfare” during the Biden administration. The fund was announced as part of a settlement related to Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his confidential tax records, and it may also cover individuals associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and Trump allies.
Trump argued the compessions are meant for people whose lives were harmed,saying the fund would reimburse those who “have been horribly treated” and that his administration plans to appoint a small committee of respected experts to review and decide on compensation claims.
President Donald Trump said on Monday he wasn’t involved in the creation of a $1.776 billion Justice Department fund to compensate victims of alleged lawfare during the Biden administration.
The fund was announced this week as part of a settlement resolving Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his confidential tax records. The “anti-weaponization fund” could help compensate Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants and Trump allies, who say they were politically targeted during the Biden administration.
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“It’s been very well received, I have to tell you. I know very little about it,” the president responded when asked if taxpayers should be on the hook for compensating pardoned Jan. 6 defendants. “I wasn’t involved in the whole creation of it and the negotiation, but this is reimbursing people that were horribly treated.
“They’ve gone bankrupt,” Trump said. “Their lives have been destroyed, and they turn out to be right.”
Trump said his administration would be setting up a committee of “very talented people, very highly respected people” to review compensation cases brought before the fund.
“I think it’s a committee of five,” he said. “And again, I didn’t do this deal. It was told to me yesterday. It’s all going to be determined by a committee of four or five people that are respected and very brilliant at what they do.”
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