No, The DOJ’s Fund For Victims Of Government Weaponization And Lawfare Isn’t A ‘Slush Fund’

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Much ink has been spilled — much of it incorrect or outright conspiratorial — over the last week regarding President Donald Trump’s establishment of a nearly $1.8 billion fund for the victims of government weaponization and lawfare through the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Critics of the president, anti-Trump agitators, and Democrat opponents in Congress have attempted to portray the DOJ fund as a slush fund that will be used to fuel corruption and offer payouts to the president’s allies. However, there is scant evidence that this will or even could happen, and, in fact, the fund is borne from a long history of such financial institutions created by government agencies to make right government wrongs.

This past Monday, the DOJ officially announced it was establishing a fund “to provide a systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare.” The fund was created in conjunction with President Trump’s decision to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). However, it is important to stress that Trump’s motion to dismiss his IRS lawsuit with prejudice — meaning he cannot opt to bring the charges again at a later date — does not mention nor is it actually contingent on the DOJ........

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