Trump Administration Settles Lawsuit to Create $1.8 Billion Weaponization Fund
The Trump administration reached a settlement in a lawsuit it filed against itself. The agreement establishes a $1.8 billion fund to compensate individuals the administration determines were unfairly prosecuted.
theconservativetreehouse.comThe Trump administration settled a lawsuit it had brought against itself. 8 billion fund intended to pay people the administration deems to have faced unfair prosecution.
The fund is described as a "weaponization fund" in administration documents. No additional terms of the settlement were released. The same administration initiated the original lawsuit and later agreed to its resolution. The sequence of actions involves one executive branch entity suing another before reaching an internal accord.
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