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‘They were p*****’: Republican lawmakers were ‘screaming’ at Todd Blanche during anti-weaponization fund briefing

Ted Cruz said Trump could face a “full-on revolt in the Senate” over the controversial fund

The Independent UK · May 23

Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund sparks Republican revolt in Senate

Todd Blanche says people are misinterpreting the “healthy discussions.”

We Got This Covered · May 23

Congress Democrats Grill Treasury Secretary About Trump's $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee asked Treasury and IRS officials to explain their role in an "Anti-Weaponization Fund" for people who claim they were wrongly targeted by the Biden administration.

International Business Times · May 22

US Indicts Former Cuba President Raul Castro on Shock Murder Charges After Historic 30-Year Plane Shootdown

Todd Blanche announced murder charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of a U.S. humanitarian plane that killed three Americans.

International Business Times UK · May 21

Jan 6ers and other Trump allies already lining up to get their hands on slice of his $1.8B ‘slush fund’

Lawyers for hundreds of rioters are preparing applications for payouts

The Independent UK · May 21

Reconciliation bill punted until after Memorial Day recess

Congressional leaders are closing up shop for the week without voting on their long-sought immigration budget bill, as Senate Republicans struggled to agree on legislative text amid an 11th-hour fight over a new Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund. While Republican leaders had hoped to push the bill through both chambers on strictly…

Roll Call · May 21

Former Proud Boys Chairman Seeks Multimillion-Dollar Payout From Trump DOJ Fund: 'Everyone Deserves to Get Money'

Enrique Tarrio also said that he expected to seek between $2 million and $5 million from the fund

Latin Times · May 21

Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ appears to violate a mandate created more than a year ago: legal experts

Then-AG Pam Bondi’s memo laid out that the Justice Department should not use settlements ‘to require payments to nongovernmental, third-party organizations that were neither victims nor parties to the lawsuits’

The Independent UK · May 21

‘Dirty deal’: Trump bailed himself out of IRS trouble and got a $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for allies. Legal experts sound the alarm

IN FOCUS: Anyone cutting checks to Trump’s allies or throwing out tax investigations should start lawyering up, experts tell Alex Woodward

The Independent UK · May 21

US Indicts Former President Raúl Castro Over 1996 Cuba Shootdown Of Two Civilian Planes That Killed Four

The US has indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro on murder and conspiracy charges tied to the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes that killed four people.

International Business Times UK · May 21