Republican senators want more answers on $1.8 billion settlement fund as Trump considers its future

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans will meet Tuesday to discuss next steps after the Justice Department said it would comply with a court order pausing the implementation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate President Donald Trump’s political allies.

GOP senators who revolted against the settlement before leaving for a Memorial Day recess two weeks ago say they want more information from the administration about the future of the fund, which could potentially go to Trump supporters who beat police and attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Meanwhile, Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with it at all, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

Caught in the middle is legislation that would fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies for three years. Republicans abruptly left town without passing it after Democrats said they would offer amendments to scrap or scale back the judgment fund, forcing Republicans to go on the record for or against it and endangering the money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-fund-jan6-capitol-riot-ca5117e01c780207bd612d3f1bc98e90

[Lovie777]

1. Republicans need to stop this shit....................

enough already.

[Skittles]

8. THANK YOU

it's fucking RIDICULOUS - besides being illegal and immoral how can you claim to be the party of "law and order" and then not only PARDON criminals, but PAY THEM OFF?

[YodaMom2]

2. Rachel Maddow's opening segment discussed this at length.

Two separate judges have opened investigations into the underlying $10B lawsuit. There is evidence to suggest that the suit itself was fraud, merely a contrivance to justify the “settlement”, which was the objective all along.

tRump perpetrating fraud? I’m shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you….

[Cheezoholic]

3. Consider its plain illegal you idiots and quit trying to make this crap the new normal. Shit's gotta stop man n/t

[31st Street Bridge]

4. Translation: The other criminals want their $$$$, too

The entire government is an organized crime syndicate owned by Israel, run by Russia and in service to billionaires.

[KS Toronado]

7. Our Government is run by Russia and in service to billionaires.

But I take issue with it being owned by Israel, more like the Heritage Foundation.

[peppertree]

12. True. They own our foreign policy, that's all.

And how.

[Justice matters.]

5. The only answer is, your mob boss is about to get investigated by the Judge

for his obviously lawless attempt to defraud taxpayers out of $1,776,000,000 that belongs to the Treasury.

[Attilatheblond]

13. Yep & that coupled with voter sentiment on the war & inflation is why NOW they are 'concerned'

Up until now, they seemed happy to be rubber stamps. So much less effort required for just following orders.

[Marcuse]

6. An honest government lawyer would make him prove the extent of the damage, if any.

[Bluetus]

9. Why is it so hard for the opposition to oppose?

Blanche testified today that they were definitely, no way, never, you can count on it, ever doing the $1.776B fund.

OK, the obvious response is, "Considering that you never are going to do this fund, then you and all of my Republican colleagues won't mind if we all go ahead and write it into legislation, then. Right?"

[NowsTheTime]

10. This is how Republicans take the high moral ground....

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Waking the fuck up, or just hearing "concern" from some constituents?? I strongly suspect the latter, n/t

[riversedge]

14. There is NOT word in this long article about the Immunity given to Trump, his family and his friends