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#Jan6 Police Officers Sue to Block #Trump $1.8 Billion #SlushFund

2 officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, sued the Trump admin to try to stop the creation of a $1.8 bn fund they argue would benefit #insurgents who committed violence to support Trump. The lawsuit argues the admin exceeded its authority to create the fund without #Congress’s authorization.

#law #criminal #fraud #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #MAGASlushFund
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/jan-6-officers-lawsuit-trump-fund.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share

Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout Fund

The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.

The New York Times

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Nonilex 1d ago

The lawsuit, filed by fmr Officer #HarryDunn of the US Capitol Police & Officer #DanielHodges of Washington’s Metropolitan Police, alleges that the #Trump admin has created a “slush fund to finance the insurrectionists & paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name.” It names as defendants President Trump as well as acting Attorney General #ToddBlanche & Treasury Secretary #ScottBessent.

#law #criminal #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund

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Nonilex 1d ago

“Although #Trump & his cronies have been secretive about the fund’s ends, reporting leaves no doubt that it will be used, among other purposes, to pay the nearly 1,600 people charged with attacking the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021,” the lawsuit says.

Dunn & Hodges were among the officers who testified before #Congress about the #violence they witnessed during the attack.

#law #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund

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Nonilex 1d ago

>150 officers were injured during the violence. Some were hit in the head with baseball bats, flagpoles & pipes. One lost consciousness after rioters used a metal barrier to push her down as they marched to the building.

[not included in NYT report are the 5 police officers who died as a result of the violent insurrection, #BrianSicknick, Howard Charles Liebengood, Jeffrey Smith, Kyle Hendrik DeFreytag, & Gunther Paul Hashida.]

#Trump #law #criminal #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #Jan6 #SlushFund