{"id":2604192,"date":"2026-05-18T19:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-wasnt-behind-creation-of-1-7-billion-lawfare-victims-fund\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:14:25","slug":"trump-says-he-wasnt-behind-creation-of-1-7-billion-lawfare-victims-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-wasnt-behind-creation-of-1-7-billion-lawfare-victims-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he wasn&#8217;t behind creation of $1.7 billion lawfare victims fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-he-wasnt-behind-creation-of-1-7-billion-lawfare-victims-fund%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2604192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>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 \u201clawfare\u201d during the Biden administration. The fund was announced as part of a settlement related to Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >confidential tax records<\/a>, and it may also cover individuals associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and Trump allies.<\/p>\n<p>Trump argued the compessions are meant for people whose lives were harmed,saying the fund would reimburse those who \u201chave been horribly treated\u201d and that his administration plans to appoint a small committee of respected experts to review and decide on compensation claims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4570296\/trump-declines-characterize-xi-jinping-dictator\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said on Monday he wasn\u2019t involved in the creation of a $1.776 billion Justice Department fund to compensate victims of alleged lawfare during the Biden administration. <\/p>\n<p>The fund was announced this week as part of a settlement resolving Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his confidential tax records. The \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d could help compensate Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants and Trump allies, who say they were politically targeted during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4567559\/white-house-national-security-save-act-reconciliation\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House eyeing security and SAVE Act components in third reconciliation bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4566922\/walz-admin-accused-whistleblowers-racist-somali-fraudsters-minnesota-report\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Walz administration accused whistleblowers of being \u2018racist\u2019 against Somali fraudsters: Oversight report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4565549\/gop-heartburn-forces-message-pivot-money-trump-ballroom\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP heartburn forces messaging pivot from \u2018ballroom\u2019 for Trump security money<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been very well received, I have to tell you. I know very little about it,\u201d the president responded when asked if taxpayers should be on the hook for compensating pardoned Jan. 6 defendants. \u201cI wasn\u2019t involved in the whole creation of it and the negotiation, but this is reimbursing people that were horribly treated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve gone bankrupt,\u201d Trump said. \u201cTheir lives have been destroyed, and they turn out to be right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said his administration would be setting up a committee of \u201cvery talented people, very highly respected people\u201d to review compensation cases brought before the fund. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a committee of five,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd again, I didn\u2019t do this deal. It was told to me yesterday. It\u2019s all going to be determined by a committee of four or five people that are respected and very brilliant at what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573088\/jd-vance-democrats-fight-for-illegal-immigrants-fraudsters\/\"><strong>VANCE SAYS DEMOCRATS EXIST TO \u2018FIGHT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS\u2019 AND FRAUDSTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Trump\u2019s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qCf6OPSGvac\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Healthcare Affordability Event, May 18, 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qCf6OPSGvac?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said he wasn\u2019t involved in creating a $1.776B DOJ fund compensating alleged Biden-era \u201clawfare\u201d victims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2604195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26138796287870.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[79898,16727,39502,3634,79897],"class_list":["post-2604192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-1-7-billion","tag-lawfare","tag-legal-system","tag-trump","tag-victims-fund"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26138796287870.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604197,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604192\/revisions\/2604197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}