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Jan. 6 cops sue to block $1.776B ‘slush fund’ created in wake of Trump settlement with IRS

Nypost · · 422 words · By Chris Nesi
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Add The New York Post on GoogleTwo police officers who defended the US Capitol during the Jan.

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6, 2021, riot filed a lawsuit Wednesday to thwart a $1.776 billion compensation fund set aside for victims of federal government weaponization, arguing it encourages violence by “rioters, paramilitaries and their supporters.” In their suit, which names…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “claiming the money will be haphazardly doled out to the nearly 1,600 people charged with crimes related Jan. 6, the vast majority of whom received pardons from Trump on his first day back in office last year.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump granted blanket clemency to nearly 1,600 people convicted of or awaiting trial for offenses related to January 6.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of numerous assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and his presidencies of the United States of America. The earliest known attem…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The net worth of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, is not publicly known. For decades, Forbes has assessed his wealth, currently estimating it at $6.5 billion as of Febru…
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Claim 2: “The money will be distributed by a panel of five commissioners chosen by the AG, none of whom have yet been named.”
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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference (Nypost) and multiple web sources (The Guardian, ZeroHedge) stating the fund will be distributed by five commissioners appointed by the AG.
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web search NEUTRAL — A fifth commissioner will be appointed “in consultation” with congressional leadership. The fund also has the power to issue “formal apologies” and will send a quarterly confidential report to the US …
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/trump-dismis…
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web search NEUTRAL — The fund will have the power to issue formal apologies and monetary relief owed to claimants. The Fund will consist of a Commission of five members appointed by the Attorney General. One Member will b…
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-drops-10-billion-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund, Explained. The Trump administration is creating a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people it says were wronged by the federal government, a group that could be largel…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/politics/trump-anti-we…
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Claim 3: “Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday that although anyone is technically eligible to apply for a share of the fund, it doesn’t mean an automatic blank check for those who took part in illegal activity.”
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Wikipedia confirms Todd Blanche is the Acting United States Attorney General. While the specific quote about the 'blank check' is from the reporting, his role and the fund's existence are verified.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who has served as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Trent McCotter (born March 1987) is an American lawyer who has served as the principal associate deputy attorney general since 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. The attorney general act…
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Claim 4: “Around 140 police officers were injured in the fracas, which held up the congressional counting of electoral votes affirming Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.”
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Multiple independent sources, including the Washington Post and other web search results, confirm that approximately 140 police officers were injured during the January 6 Capitol riot.
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web search NEUTRAL — About 140 police officers were injured in the Capitol riot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-un…
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 140 officers from the U.S. Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department and other agencies were injured. Sponsor Message. The fight to have the plaque installed came as Trump returned …
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/07/nx-s1-5741158/january-6-plaqu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Reported injury counts from the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack concentrate on law enforcement: most mainstream sources and the Department of Justice put the number of injured officers at roughly…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/how-many-injured-j…
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Claim 5: “Two police officers who defended the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot filed a lawsuit Wednesday to thwart a $1.776 billion compensation fund set aside for victims of federal government weaponization”
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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian, Politico, and other web search results) confirm that two officers filed a lawsuit to block the $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund created as part of a settlement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and the only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 2, two or II may also refer to: AD 2, the second year of the AD era 2 BC, the second year before the AD era The month of February
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participa…
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Claim 6: “The money was set aside as part of a settlement agreement between the IRS and Trump, who dropped his $10 billion suit over the leaking of his tax returns Monday in exchange for an apology and the creation of the “anti-weaponization” fund by the Justice Department.”
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The Guardian and other web search results confirm that Trump dropped a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS regarding leaked tax returns in exchange for an apology and the creation of the $1.776 billion fund.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2025, Donald Trump has been the 47th and current president of the United States, having won the 2024 presidential election. He previously served a separate, non-consecutive term from 2017 to 202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a New York–based tax-exempt private foundation formed in 1988 by Donald Trump and dissolved by court order in 2018 after various legal violations came to light. The …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 1973 and until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in United States federal and state courts, including battles with casino p…
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Claim 7: “In their suit, which names President Trump as well as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Todd Bessent, former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges described the pool as a “corrupt sham””
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The Guardian and other web results explicitly name Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges as the plaintiffs and identify the defendants as President Trump, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Treasury Secretary Todd Bessent.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harry Anthony Dunn (born September 25, 1983) is an American author, political candidate, and former police officer who served in the United States Capitol Police from 2008 to 2023. Dunn was one of sev…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup, two months after his defeat in the 2020 pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 20, 2025, during the first day of his second term, United States president Donald Trump granted blanket clemency to all people, nearly 1,600, convicted of or awaiting trial or sentencing fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_Sta…
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Claim 8: “the complaint filed Tuesday in DC federal court”
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Web search results from multiple sources confirm the lawsuit was filed in federal court in the District of Columbia (DC federal court).
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web search NEUTRAL — 6, 2021, sued Wednesday to block the Trump administration's $1.7 billion "anti-weaponization fund," which was created this week as part of a settlement between President Trump and the federal governme…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawsuit-trump-1-7-billion-anti-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump dismisses $10bn suit against IRS and creates $1.7bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund. Read more.Harry Dunn, a retired US Capitol police officer, and Daniel Hodges, a Metropolitan police department offi…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/jan-6-police…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump and the Justice Department have reached a settlement of a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the IRS over the leaking of his tax returns, ending a case that both perplexed and…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/18/trump-irs-lawsuit-s…
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