Jan. 6 officers take first step toward defeating Trump's insurrectionist 'slush fund' [View all]

[Miles Archer]

Jan. 6 officers take first step toward defeating Trump's insurrectionist 'slush fund'

https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-officers-weaponization-fund/

Two of the most recognizable police officers from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to kill the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" before it can pay out a single dollar to the rioters who beat them.

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, calling the fund "the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century."

"The fund, styled the 'Anti-Weaponization Fund,' is illegal," the complaint states. "No statute authorizes its creation, the settlement on which it is premised is a corrupt sham, and its design violates the Constitution and federal law."

The lawsuit argues the fund violates the 14th Amendment's explicit prohibition on using federal money to "pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States." It also contends the Justice Department had no legal authority to create the fund in the first place.