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DOJ Refuses to Officially Say Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Is Dead: The Department of Justice is making it clear: Trump isn’t giving up his slush fund.
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Judge Officially Shuts Down Trump’s Slush Fund
Judge Officially Shuts Down Trump’s Slush Fund: Donald Trump had been not-so-surreptitiously signaling that the slush fund wasn’t actually over.
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Judge Gives Stark Warning to Trump’s DOJ Over His Slush Fund
Judge Gives Stark Warning to Trump’s DOJ Over His Slush Fund: The judge responded to concerns that the DOJ could say one thing and then do another.
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Trump Isn’t Giving Up on His Slush Fund
Trump Isn’t Giving Up on His Slush Fund: Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has been scrapped, the administration is quietly ...
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Trump Isn’t Giving Up on His Slush Fund
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Are We Stuck With Trump’s Outrageous IRS Immunity Deal?
Are We Stuck With Trump’s Outrageous IRS Immunity Deal?: The $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund is toast. But the companion element around taxes ...
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Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Slush Fund May Yet Live
Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Slush Fund May Yet Live: Trump’s anti-weaponization slush fund may yet live. The president is publicly doubting its demise ...
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Trump slush fund collapse shows GOP constrains work
Trump slush fund collapse shows GOP constrains work: It was a public outcry that came to encompass even some GOP senators that killed Donald Trump’s nutty $1 ...
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Todd Blanche Says Trump Administration Isn't Moving Forward With Rioter ...
Todd Blanche Says Trump Administration Isn't Moving Forward With Rioter Slush Fund
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DOJ Kills $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund, But Trump’s IRS Settlement ...
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SLUSH FUND GOES BUST! Blanche Says Trump Admin Isn't Moving Forward With ...
SLUSH FUND GOES BUST! Blanche Says Trump Admin Isn't Moving Forward With Anti-Weaponization Fund
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Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan ...
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Trump's anti-lawfare fund doesn't pass smell test | Our View
OpinionTrump's anti-lawfare fund doesn't pass smell test | Our View: President Trump's new $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' raises constitutional questions about ...
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Is That... a Republican Spine?!
Is That... a Republican Spine?!: Believe it or not, the House and Senate GOP actually said no to Trump.
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Trump Desperately Tries to Convince Republicans to Support Slush Fund
Trump Desperately Tries to Convince Republicans to Support Slush Fund: Donald Trump is facing major backlash from both lawmakers and voters over the fund.
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Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund Is a Criminal Enterprise
Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund Is a Criminal Enterprise: The president has long been operating under the assumption that he is immune from prosecution ...
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Key FactsJustice Department Announces Fund in Trump IRS Dispute
May 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: newrepublic.com
  • This week, the Justice Department announced plans for a $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to settle a $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed personally against the IRS.

  • According to the article, Congress did not authorize this specific fund, while injured Capitol Police officers are challenging its legality in a lawsuit.

  • Judge Kathleen Williams closed the case without approving the settlement or confirming that any settlement had been placed on the court record.

  • A memo disclosed on Tuesday after the case was formally closed purportedly sought to shield Trump, his family members, and his personal businesses from future claims related to earlier IRS tax returns.
    • Collusive settlements are a species of fraud.
    — Philip Allen Lacovara, former deputy solicitor general, explaining that such settlements are fraud, typically involving self-interested deals where a person with insurance settles a bogus claim to shift costs to an insurer; courts find settlements to be fraudulently collusive when there is no real effort to defend against liability or to contest the exaggerated damages.
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‘Have We Ever Seen Anything Like This?’ CNN Panel Stunned By Trump Slush ...
‘Have We Ever Seen Anything Like This?’ CNN Panel Stunned By Trump Slush Fund to Pay Out Allies
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 May 15
Trump Administration Weighs $1.7 Billion Fund for Allies Investigated ...
Trump Administration Weighs $1.7 Billion Fund for Allies Investigated Under Biden
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