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Lindsey Graham Plans to Salvage Anti-Weaponization Fund

Although the Justice Department on Tuesday nixed plans for a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” the concept of such a fund could still move forward in Congress.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has proposed establishing a process to compensate individuals wrongly targeted by the federal government by using legal mechanisms already in place under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday the Trump administration would not move forward with its anti-weaponization fund, the establishment of which was included in a recent settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over leaked tax records.

The fund, as announced, garnered skepticism even from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Democrats claimed the money would go to protesters at the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, whom Trump pardoned in January 2025.

Graham admitted the fund as rolled out by the administration was “untested,” but maintained the need for victims of government lawfare to receive compensation.

“While I appreciate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s statement that the proposed weaponization fund will not be moving forward, I am still of the firm belief that there are many victims of the weaponized Biden........

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