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DOJ says ‘tens of millions’ could be eligible for payouts from Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’

‘Democrats can submit claims, too,’ the Department of Justice said in a memo released Thursday

The Independent UK

Photos of the week | May 15-21, 2026

Appearances on the Hill by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and actor Noah Wyle highlighted the week at the Capitol. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

Roll Call

Is Donald Trump doling out taxpayer funds to President's supporters convicted of attacking US Capitol?

The money would come from a nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, intended to compensate people who claim, like Donald Trump, they were maliciously targeted under the Biden administration.

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US Indicts Former Cuba President Raul Castro on Shock Murder Charges After Historic 30-Year Plane Shootdown

Todd Blanche announced murder charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of a U.S. humanitarian plane that killed three Americans.

International Business Times UK

Jan 6ers and other Trump allies already lining up to get their hands on slice of his $1.8B ‘slush fund’

Lawyers for hundreds of rioters are preparing applications for payouts

The Independent UK

Reconciliation bill punted until after Memorial Day recess

Congressional leaders are closing up shop for the week without voting on their long-sought immigration budget bill, as Senate Republicans struggled to agree on legislative text amid an 11th-hour fight over a new Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund. While Republican leaders had hoped to push the bill through both chambers on strictly…

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Former Proud Boys Chairman Seeks Multimillion-Dollar Payout From Trump DOJ Fund: 'Everyone Deserves to Get Money'

Enrique Tarrio also said that he expected to seek between $2 million and $5 million from the fund

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Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ appears to violate a mandate created more than a year ago: legal experts

Then-AG Pam Bondi’s memo laid out that the Justice Department should not use settlements ‘to require payments to nongovernmental, third-party organizations that were neither victims nor parties to the lawsuits’

The Independent UK

‘Dirty deal’: Trump bailed himself out of IRS trouble and got a $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for allies. Legal experts sound the alarm

IN FOCUS: Anyone cutting checks to Trump’s allies or throwing out tax investigations should start lawyering up, experts tell Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

US Indicts Former President Raúl Castro Over 1996 Cuba Shootdown Of Two Civilian Planes That Killed Four

The US has indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro on murder and conspiracy charges tied to the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes that killed four people.

International Business Times UK

US charges former Cuban president with murder

The US Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against Raul Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, charging him with murder and a conspiracy to kill US citizens stemming from the fatal downing 30 years ago of two planes.

Bangkok Post

Acting AG Todd Blanche defends Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ rioters may use for multi-million dollar taxpayer payouts

‘Just to be clear, people that hurt police get money all the time,’ Blanche said

The Independent UK

US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown

US prosecutors have charged former Cuban President Raul Castro. The charges relate to the 1996 downing of civilian planes. Four Americans died in the incident. The planes belonged to the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Cuba's President condemned the indictment. He called it a political action. The US is…

The Economic Times

US Capitol police sue to stop Trump ‘slush fund’

WASHINGTON - Two police officers have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from creating a compensation fund that could provide payouts to the president’s supporters who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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The Mary Sue

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Clemency Dreams May Have Just Died in a Senate Hearing, Thanks to Trump’s Handpicked Fixer Todd Blanche

Maxwell has been pushing for some kind of relief ever since she was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

International Business Times

January 6 Capitol Riot Police Officers Sue to Block Trump's $1.8B "Anti-Weaponization" Fund

Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack sued Wednesday to block payments from President Donald Trump's new $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund."

France 24

Police sue to block Jan 6 rioters from payouts via Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

Two police officers who defended the US Capitol from a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021, filed suit Wednesday to block those who took part in the violence from receiving payouts from a new fund totaling nearly $1.8 billion. The fund, destined for Trump allies claiming political prosecution, was created…

International Business Times

Trump Associate Predicted Payouts For People Involved In January 6 Riots Earlier This Year: Report

A Trump associate and supporter predicted earlier this year that the Justice Department would hand out millions of dollars in payouts to Jan. 6 rioters who were later pardoned by President Trump.

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The Conversation

When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise

Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. He believed that insurrectionists relinquish their status as citizens the moment they seek to overthrow the government and should never be rewarded for doing so.

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US charges ex-Cuban president Raul Castro with murder

US officials say 94-year-old former Cuban president Raul Castro has been indicted on murder charges.

Latin Times

Trump Ally Predicted 'Big Payouts' for January 6 Defendants Months Before DOJ Fund Was Announced: Report

Ed Martin, then leading the Justice Department's "weaponization" working group, estimated the amount could reach roughly $40 million falling way short of the $1.8 billion established by the DOJ this week

International Business Times UK

Did Todd Blanche Give Donald Trump Tax Amnesty? Secret IRS Deal Discovered

A quietly filed Justice Department document has granted Donald Trump and his businesses sweeping protection from IRS audits, as part of a settlement that also created a $1.776 billion fund for alleged 'weaponization' of tax data.

The Guardian - US

January 6 officers sue Trump over $1.8bn fund, alleging ‘presidential corruption’

Retired Capitol police officer and DC officer allege Trump’s $1.8bn fund unlawfully rewards January 6 rioters and allies

The Independent UK

Trump’s newest deal with the IRS could save his family about $100 million in tax penalties: report

Under the terms of the deal, the federal government will be ‘forever barred’ from pursuing IRS-related claims against Trump

Euronews

IRS settlement blocks tax audits targeting Trump and his family members

The US Department of Justice has released an additional filing linked to the Trump-IRS settlement, preventing the federal agency from pursuing existing tax audits involving the US president, his family and affiliated businesses.

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