Jan. 6 officers sue over $1.8B pot they call ‘slush fund’ for ‘insurrectionists’

Jan. 6 officers sue over $1.8B pot they call ‘slush fund’ for ‘insurrectionists’

Two officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 siege sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” money pool, describing it as a “taxpayer-funded slush fund to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups” that they say committed violence in President Donald Trump’s name.

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The lawsuit — filed by former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges — argues the fund is illegal and the settlement on which it is premised “a corrupt sham.”

Trump, his sons filed a $10 billion suit against the government over the leak of his tax returns, but agreed to drop the suit “in exchange” for the establishment of the fund. Those who believe they have been harmed by the government can apply for money.