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turbinetree

(27,742 posts)
Fri May 29, 2026, 07:57 PM 13 hrs ago

Top White House aides mull over killing Trump's slush fund as GOP senators revolt: report

By Matthew Chapman
Published May 29, 2026 7:46 PM ET

White House officials are seriously considering abandoning President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," a controversial legal "settlement" Trump arranged with his own administration that critics have called a slush fund to pay out his allies who have faced legal troubles.

The fund was created after Trump dismissed his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for failing to keep his tax records safe from a whistleblower who illegally leaked the information to the public.

According to the Wall Street Journal, over a dozen GOP senators "privately urged top Trump aides to drop the fund since its creation last week, said people familiar with the outreach" — one of them being Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who not only is usually a close ally of the president but championed a controversial congressional provision to let himself sue over investigations into election interference.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-slush-fund-2676974793/

I want, and millions of other people in this country want these people to go before a court and testify how they came up with this scheme.........and then throw there sorry ass in jail............and that includes that traitor running around on our dime...............he knew .........fraud is fucking fraud.............

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Top White House aides mull over killing Trump's slush fund as GOP senators revolt: report (Original Post) turbinetree 13 hrs ago OP
When, not "if" we get the house and senate, UpInArms 13 hrs ago #1

UpInArms

(55,450 posts)
1. When, not "if" we get the house and senate,
Fri May 29, 2026, 08:05 PM
13 hrs ago

We are going to “look back” and make the rule of law apply

No one is above the law

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