Jan. 6 officers take first step toward defeating Trump's insurrectionist 'slush fund'

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Two January 6th police officers are taking a first step to kill the Trump administration's $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund before it can pay out a single dollar to the rioters who beat them.

[00:00:14]Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday calling the fund the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century.

[00:00:26]The fund is illegal, the complaint states. No statute authorizes its creation. The settlement on which it is premised is a corrupt sham and its design violates the Constitution and federal law.

[00:00:39]The lawsuit argues the fund violates the 14th Amendment's explicit prohibition on using federal money to pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.

[00:00:52]It also contends the Justice Department had no legal authority to create the fund in the first place. The officers are represented by the Public Integrity Project founded by Brandon Ballou, a former January 6th prosecutor who resigned from the DOJ after Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 Capitol riot defendants. Read more at rawstory.com.