DOJ could still pay Jan. 6 rioters even without ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Trump’s DOJ could still pay Jan. 6 rioters even without ‘anti-weaponization fund’

Even without the “anti-weaponization” fund, the Trump administration has the ability to give payouts to Jan. 6 rioters through an already existing mechanism: the Judgment Fund.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress this week that the Justice Department was “not moving forward” with the $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, after congressional Republicans balked at it and refused to vote on a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol.

It materialized through a highly unusual agreement in which Donald Trump said he would drop his lawsuits against the government in exchange for its creation.