“We are not moving forward with the fund,” Blanche said. “Period.”
But Blanche also told lawmakers that an agreement with Trump to bar future audits of his or his family’s past tax records will remain in place.
Senate abandons Trump: New ICE funding bill leaves out $1B for ballroom, $1.8B ‘slush fund’
With Senate Republicans retreating from negotiations with Democrats over ICE funding and turning to the filibuster-proof reconciliation process, Trump pressed the chamber to include a $1 billion funding item related to his construction of a ballroom on the White House grounds, as well as $1.776 billion to fund a “weaponization fund” meant to distribute payouts to people prosecuted by the Department of Justice under Democratic administrations. The latter was derided as a “slush fund” for Trump’s friends and political allies, including by some Senate Republicans.
The immunity was always what this was about. The dollar amount was even nuts 1. 776 billion. He never cared to pay anyone.
It was a way to fund a private militia without having to dip into his own pocket.
Give every Jan 6th traitor $1,000,000 to gear up and show up to the next “rally.”
