{"id":2643710,"date":"2026-08-12T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-defunct-jan-6-fund-lives-on-in-georgia-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:06:02","slug":"trumps-defunct-jan-6-fund-lives-on-in-georgia-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-defunct-jan-6-fund-lives-on-in-georgia-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s defunct Jan. 6 fund lives on in Georgia Senate race"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftrumps-defunct-jan-6-fund-lives-on-in-georgia-senate-race%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=2643710&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>The article discusses the controversial and now-defunct \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d initially created by the Trump management to compensate victims of the January 6 Capitol riot and others targeted by what some describe as political weaponization. Even though the fund was formally ended, it continues to impact political discourse, especially in the georgia Senate race. GOP nominee Mike Collins was questioned about his stance, and initially appeared to support the idea of compensation for those affected, including jan. 6 defendants. However, Collins later clarified that he does not support unlimited taxpayer-funded payouts but supports government accountability for abuses. Democrat Jon Ossoff criticized Collins&#8217;s remarks, demanding clearer answers.The fund has generated significant controversy, highlighting partisan tensions over the treatment of Jan. 6 defendants and the perception of government weaponization. The article also notes that the Trump-era fund, linked to a settlement involving the leaking of his tax returns, was shelved due to political opposition and legal negotiations involving attorney General Todd Blanche. Trump\u2019s recent comments suggest that the fate of the fund remains uncertain.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration\u2019s \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4572715\/doj-announces-anti-weaponization-fund-biden-lawfare\/\">anti-weaponization fund<\/a>\u201d to payout Jan. 6 rioters and other perceived victims of \u201clawfare\u201d might be dead, but the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4592077\/blanche-weaponization-fund-dead-for-good\/\">defunct Department of Justice initiative<\/a> just won\u2019t go away in the high-stakes Georgia Senate race.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-collins\/\">Mike Collins<\/a> (R-GA), the GOP nominee, was questioned Tuesday at a town hall in Savannah, Georgia, by former Jan. 6 defendant Dominic Box if he\u2019d \u201csupport either the victims of political weaponization fund, or some form of compensatory relief, not just to January 6ers like myself, but all Americans \u2014 Left, Right, and center \u2014 who have become victims of a weaponized political system?\u201d<\/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\/campaigns\/congressional\/4684810\/defunct-weaponization-fund-georgia-senate-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump\u2019s dead \u2018anti-weaponization fund\u2019 comes back to life in Georgia Senate race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4684514\/new-jersey-voting-fraud-scandal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Jersey voting fraud scandal heats up as House GOP and software company enter fray<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4684330\/tim-scott-endorses-darline-graham-nordone-south-carolina-senate-runoff\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tim Scott endorses Darline Graham Nordone as she advances to South Carolina runoff<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DomFreePress\/status\/2087187076013813995?s=20\">responded<\/a>: \u201cA lot of this has been politicized and weaponized. And when the federal government harms you, then yes, they have a liability to.\u00a0That\u2019s easy. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Collins walked back some of those remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, the Collins campaign clarified that the congressman \u201cdoes not support a blank-check fund or automatic taxpayer-funded payouts to anyone simply because they were prosecuted for January 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMike Collins fully supports holding the government accountable when federal agencies abuse their power and believes Americans who\u2019ve been wronged by their government ought to have a path to seek justice,\u201d added spokesperson Meyer Siegfried.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-ossoff\/\">Jon Ossoff<\/a> (D-GA) is seeking to capitalize in his battleground reelection on remarks from his Republican rival about his position on the former $1.776 billion program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The saga underscores the political toxicity of the controversial fund for Republicans while offering a window into how Democrats may use it on the campaign trail heading into the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ossoff seized on the initial remarks from Collins and challenged him to \u201cpublicly retract his support for these taxpayer-funded payouts to violent insurrectionists.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe statement from a press secretary is vague and meaningless, and Georgians deserve to hear answers directly from a sitting congressman who\u2019s running for the United States Senate,\u201d Ossoff told reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">From l-r: U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins speaks during an election-night watch party after winning the Republican nomination, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Jackson, Ga., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., asks questions at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photos\/Colin Hubbard\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/image-collage-cpls0j6ap-1786556735784-e1786557198538<\/a>.jpg?1786542701&#038;w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From l-r: U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins speaks during an election-night watch party after winning the Republican nomination, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Jackson, Ga., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., asks questions at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photos\/Colin Hubbard\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Box viewed Collins\u2019s initial response as an endorsement of the anti-weaponization fund and praised him on social media, where Box posted a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DomFreePress\/status\/2087187076013813995?s=20\">clip<\/a> of their interaction. He referred to Collins as \u201cthe first U.S. Senate candidate to go on record supporting compensation for January 6 political prisoners and all victims of political weaponization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4679983\/chuck-grassley-todd-blanche-attorney-general-nomination\/\">HOW GRASSLEY GOT TODD BLANCHE\u2019S ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATION BACK ON TRACK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fund, announced earlier this year as part of a settlement between the federal government and President Donald Trump for the leaking of his tax returns, created a political firestorm for Republican lawmakers. GOP opposition eventually forced the DOJ to scrap its plans, and further consternation from Republican holdouts to confirm Attorney General Todd Blanche resulted in additional legal concessions from him to ensure the program cannot be resuscitated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prompted Monday by a reporter in the Oval Office about whether the fund was still alive, Trump responded: \u201cThat\u2019ll be up to Todd Blanche.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d may be dead, but it still influences Georgia Senate race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2643711,"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\/08\/image-collage-cpls0j6ap-1786556735784-e1786557198538.jpg?1786542701&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36753,47333,84056,33642,3634],"class_list":["post-2643710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election-influence","tag-georgia-senate-race","tag-jan-6-fund","tag-political-funding","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-cpls0j6ap-1786556735784-e1786557198538.jpg?1786542701&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643710","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643714,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643710\/revisions\/2643714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}