{"id":803,"date":"2026-05-20T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:35:27","slug":"officers-who-defended-capitol-from-rioters-sue-to-block-payouts-from-1-8-billion-anti-weaponization-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8 billion \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone \u2014 including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters \u2014 from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The officers\u2019 attorneys filed the federal lawsuit a day after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the fund\u2019s creation during a congressional hearing. Blanche, a personal attorney for President Donald Trump before joining the Justice Department, wouldn\u2019t rule out the possibility that rioters who assaulted police on Jan. 6 would be eligible for fund payouts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lawsuit claims the government\u2019s \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d is an illegal slush fund that Trump will use to \u201cfinance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name.\u201d It describes the fund\u2019s creation as \u201cthe most brazen act of presidential corruption this century\u201d and calls for dissolving it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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