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On Thursday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will meet with congressional Republicans to push for acceptance of the $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d settlement that has been widely criticized as a \u201cslush fund\u201d for J6ers. According to Bloomberg, Republicans have major questions about the fund, with some going so far as to call it \u201ctyranny.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Among these skeptical Republicans is Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who told reporters that Republicans want \u201can explanation of how it\u2019s going to work,\u201d saying, \u201cWe want to hear the Attorney General out about his view of this, and what they intend to do with that.\u201d He noted that Republicans have \u201cvery legitimate questions\u201d about the fund and want to \u201cmake sure that it\u2019s fenced in appropriately.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery legitimate questions\u201d may be putting it lightly, as some senior GOP leaders are using harsher language to express their feelings on the matter. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s stupid on stilts,\u201d said Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) Thursday morning. \u201cIt will invariably put us in a position where your taxpayer dollars and my taxpayer dollars could potentially compensate someone who assaulted a police officer, admitted their guilt, got convicted, got pardoned, and now we are going to pay them for that. That\u2019s absurd. When you take money from me to give to a purpose that I vehemently disagree with, that’s tyranny, and that’s what that account is.\u201d Later, as he entered the meeting with Blanche, Tillis referred to the fund as a \u201cpayout pot for punks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, there is a bipartisan effort underway to kill the fund. According to Politico, Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) have drafted text they will unveil soon. As Fitzpatrick explained, he and his constituents \u201cdon\u2019t want a DOJ slush fund that has not been described or explained to anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fight over the fund comes at a crucial moment for Republicans, who are wrangling over an already sky-high $72 billion budget they hope to submit to President Donald Trump by Friday. While the budget primarily focuses on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, an early draft indicates $1.457 billion for the Department of Justice \u2014 the cash necessary to cover the fund would more than double that. <\/p>\n

If Republicans decide to balk at Blanche\u2019s request, it will represent yet another funding setback for Trump. Earlier in the week, Senate Democrats successfully torpedoed a Republican attempt to secure tax dollars for Trump\u2019s highly controversial ballroom project, the cost of which has ballooned from $400 million the president said would be covered by private donors, to as much as $1 billion that would be paid by taxpayers. <\/p>\n

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