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Miles Archer

(24,313 posts)
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:19 PM 10 hrs ago

If Scott F*cking Jennings is "a little uncomfortable with" Trump's J-6 slush fund, what does that tell you?

https://www.rawstory.com/scott-jennings-2676911331/

Scott Jennings issued a rare warning to President Donald Trump on Monday during a CNN panel discussion.

Jennings, a long-time GOP political consultant and senior political commentator at CNN, joined the panel on CNN's "NewsNight," where he was asked about the new $1.776 billion fund President Donald Trump's Department of Justice is putting together to pay the president's allies who claim they were unfairly prosecuted by the Biden administration. The fund is being created as part of a settlement agreement to a $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed against the IRS for allegedly leaking his tax returns to harm his reputation.

"All of this makes me a little uncomfortable because it's a lot of money, and it didn't go through the U.S. Congress," Jennings said about the fund. "That's number one. Number two, I don't want to see a president necessarily handpicking people to get payments where he could be accused of just picking people out who are political allies."

"My personal view is that anybody who committed documented violence against the government or against police officers has not been unfairly treated if they ended up being convicted of a crime because of the violence they committed," Jennings said. "I got no real sympathy for them."

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If Scott F*cking Jennings is "a little uncomfortable with" Trump's J-6 slush fund, what does that tell you? (Original Post) Miles Archer 10 hrs ago OP
tells me he's not yet getting a cut Skittles 9 hrs ago #1
"They" forgot to give Jennings his talking points. Intractable 9 hrs ago #2
We, the taxpayers may stop it AND congress can block it vapor2 9 hrs ago #3
" I don't want to see a president necessarily handpicking people to get payments" BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #4

vapor2

(4,913 posts)
3. We, the taxpayers may stop it AND congress can block it
Tue May 19, 2026, 12:01 AM
9 hrs ago

but won't hold my breath for congress to do their effn job

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,988 posts)
4. " I don't want to see a president necessarily handpicking people to get payments"
Tue May 19, 2026, 12:22 AM
9 hrs ago

yeah...thats what will happen and GOP will say nothing

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