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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed May 20, 2026, 05:16 PM Wednesday

Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges Sue to Dissolve the $1.8B "Weaponization" Slush Fund [View all]

Allison Gill

By now you’re aware of Todd Blanche setting up a $1.8B slush fund to pay reparations to white supremacists, insurrectionists, and criminal co-conspirators involved in the January 6th attack on the capitol and the attempt to thwart the peaceful transfer of power in 2021.

The fund is purportedly a “settlement” agreement between Trump and the IRS pursuant to Donald’s $10B lawsuit against the agency he controls, seeking compensation for the unauthorized release of his tax returns (despite the IRS releasing the tax returns of over 400K other people.)

But this is not a settlement.

Donald unilaterally dropped his law suit on the eve of briefs coming due to explain how the courts even had jurisdiction to resolve a case where Trump controlled both sides of the suit. The judge closed the case, but noted that because there were no settlement terms outlined in the notice to the court, there is no settlement of record. That makes this “weaponization” fund nothing more than theft of taxpayer money without appropriations from Congress and without a court order.

For the past week, I’ve been discussing the fund, and hoping someone would have standing to sue to stop it. Today, former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan PD officer Daniel Hodges filed suit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia to dissolve the fund.

https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-harry-dunn-and-daniel-hodges

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