The level of urgency

May 21, 2026

For once Congress may block some of the crazy.

A bipartisan House effort is afoot to kill the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund created by the Justice Department that could pay allies of President Donald Trump, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the effort ahead of a formal announcement.

Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) have drafted text and are taking steps to unveil the legislation soon, the people said.

Speaker Mike Johnson raised the level of urgency to block the fund among some congressional skeptics when he refused to say Wednesday whether violent Jan. 6 convicts should have access to the taxpayer money.

I found that sentence slightly confusing. I think it means Johnson’s refusal prompted skeptics to act.

Fitzpatrick said in an interview Wednesday he’s waiting to hear back from the Justice Department regarding a list of questions he sent Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche seeking more information about who will be able to access the fund, which was created pursuant to a settlement between Trump and the IRS.

Fitzpatrick said his constituents and others “don’t want a DOJ slush fund that has not been described or explained to anybody.”

Too much even for some Republicans. I wish there were more of them though.

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twiliter

May 21, 2026 10:12 AM

$1.77B would make everyone who was at Capitol Hill doing the insurrection thing wealthy. But then again, it’s probably the Trump empire that would benefit the most from such a fund, including all his sleazy relatives. Taxpayer funded too, it’s corruption in the extreme. Why should the rest of us pay to reward these criminals? I hope there is some way to prevent this from happening.

The level of urgency

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