Posted on 05/25/2026 4:28:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Perhaps the full $1.8 billion fund will not be required, but it is likely that a substantial fund will be needed to compensate people victimized by overzealous political prosecutors.
President Trump and sons sued the federal government for its unauthorized release of their tax returns to the public. A settlement resulted, and it was agreed that a $1.8 billion fund would be established to compensate people (but not the Trumps) who were prosecuted on the basis of their political convictions.
This Anti-Weaponization fund will be available to anyone making a credible and verified claim, regardless of party or politics. Even James Comey and Letitia James will have the opportunity to file claims. However, it is likely that most claims will be made by people who were excessively prosecuted for their actions in or near the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Critics say that Trump has established a “slush fund,” while supporters claim that the fund will be used for people who deserve compensation.
To determine whether those J6 prosecutions were excessive, I compared them to the prosecutions related to a similar event that took place seven months earlier: the May-June 2020 White House and Lafayette Park riots. For each of those two events, I considered the nature and number of the crimes committed, the vigor of the prosecutorial efforts, and the reasonableness of the punishments rendered.
Although the J6 events are widely known, there has been relatively little news coverage of the May-June riots at the White House. For that reason, a summary of those events is presented here.
The White House and Lafayette Park Riots of 2020
Starting on May 29, 2020, thousands of protestors began a three to four-day riot at the White House and nearby Lafayette Park. Although they were angry about the George Floyd killing
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Who was orchestrating all of the riots against Trump and conservatives? It seems they have gotten away with their crimes because they are on the left.
One again, the Trump family sought justice. This time for Pelosi’s Prisoners!
So sick of the Gangs of D.C.
Happy Memorial Day!
The Keepseagle case (Keepseagle v. Vilsack) was a landmark 2010 class-action lawsuit wherein the Obama Administration settled claims against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for systemic “racial discrimination.”
The USDA was sued for denying low-interest loans and loan servicing to Native American farmers and ranchers over a multi-decade period.The $760 million settlement provided the following:
<><>Compensation & Debt Relief
<><>$680 million was allocated for direct monetary compensation
<><>$80 million was set aside for the forgiveness of farm-loan debts.
It required the USDA to modify its farm loan programs, create an ombudsman position, and establish a Federal Advisory Council for Native American farmers to ensure equal access to credit.
The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF): Because a large portion of the settlement funds went unclaimed, a subsequent 2018 court order distributed roughly $266 million in remaining funds to establish this charitable trust. It is the largest Native American philanthropic trust dedicated solely to supporting Native agriculture.
US Reaches $760 Million Settlement with Native American ...Oct 20, 2010
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Message: Trump officials are validating Hunter Biden’s outrageous lie that he was prosecuted only because he was Joe Biden’s son. Acting AG Todd Blanche and VP JD Vance inexplicably cited Hunter as their exemplar of bipartisan largesse to showcase Trump’s $1.7 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for victims of lawfare. Naming Hunter is a terrible idea, possibly even dreamed up by execrable deep-staters to deny justice to the real victims of Biden’s lawfare machinations.
Although the cases done by Obama and Biden were done arguably under a better claim of color of constitutional legitimacy, they constitute a greater threat to democracy because they enabled the executive branch to establish policy without specific participation of Congress. Trump's funds is less dangerous because it only dispenses money, although without close reference to federal standards encoded by law.
As a constitutional conservative, I don't like the creation and dispensation of taxpayer monies by an unchecked executive branch even though with respect to the anti-weaponization compensations I fully support the claims and the justice of the claims.
When policy amounts to the making of a law, it should pass through Congress and the president's veto power to be constitutionally legitimate.
Biden and Obama exploited this device to force left-wing policy on states, counties, cities, Indian tribes and individuals without checking in with the legislative branch.
Biden and Obama got away with their end run around the Constitution and, typical of our history, a bad precedent now might well be cited to establish another bad precedent.
The Obama-era “Keepseagle” case........
and a whole series of civil rights cases, supervision of police cases, and agriculture cases ........
are in theory similar to the current Anti-Weaponization Fund;
they set up tax dollar compensation without specific congressional participation as required by US law.
Good point
Enrique Tarrio was not present on January 6th. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
There are at least two videos of Ray Epps urging people to enter the Capitol. One video shows him directing masked men to remove crowd control barriers long before there were any crowds present. He texted a relative that he was responsible for J-6 as shown on TV. He did not spend a day in jail.
I conclude that Ray Epps was a federal asset participating in a fedsurrection. Tarrio was someone the Biden administration wanted to get because he was a leader of the Proud Boys. They are proud of western civilization.
The attitude of this ilk is We are your overlords.
The Obama judges crucified J6 protesters to terrorize Trump supporters and shutdown investigations into 2020. Despicable.
Constantly heard "no arrests made" after these violent riots that destroyed property, businesses and people's lives.
With that commie Injun Ro Khanner about to start Ro Khannaring the Supreme Court we’re going to need this fund until we can throw the scab who wants to make America another India out of our country.
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