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Taxpayers get the victory as Trump’s anti-weaponization fund dies

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02.06.2026

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Taxpayers get the victory as Trump’s anti-weaponization fund dies

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President Donald Trump’s decision to drop the Justice Department’s planned anti-weaponization fund is a win for taxpayers — who shouldn’t have to pay for the partisan political machinery that makes such a fund necessary. 

Trump has faced relentless, extraordinary efforts to destroy him outside of heretofore normal political combat.

The FBI raided Mar-a-Lago over alleged mishandling of classified materials despite its own agents’ doubts about probable cause.

Officials in Colorado, Maine and Illinois sought to remove him from the 2024 ballot, using a Civil War-era constitutional clause, before the Supreme Court unanimously reversed them.

Trump’s infamous mugshot is the result of Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis booking him on a racketeering indictment that subsequently collapsed.

And a civil case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, funded in part by a prominent Democratic donor, resulted in damages of nearly $90 million — despite Carroll being unable to recall what year the alleged encounter took place.

Trump makes late-night endorsements in six states ahead of Tuesday primaries, including California

Trump reportedly tears into Netanyahu over Hezbollah strikes: ‘What the f–k are you doing?’

Michigan nurse filmed threatening to slit Trump’s throat now under federal probe

That’s important context behind the debate that........

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