Two Jan. 6 police officers sue Trump to block $1.8B 'lawfare' fund | The BriefWire
Two Jan. 6 police officers sue Trump to block $1.8B 'lawfare' fund
Published on 5/20/2026, 2:58:35 PM
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watch now Two police officers who defended the U.S.
Capitol during the Jan.
6, 2021, riot sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday, seeking to block the new $1.8 billion "lawfare" fund set up by the Department of Justice to compensate Trump allies who claim they were victims of prosecutorial overreach.
"In the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century, President Donald J.
Trump has created a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name," the lawsuit in U.S.
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