U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis orders the administration to disclose the architects of the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis issued an order on Friday requiring the administration to identify the specific individuals who designed the structure of the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. The fund was established as part of a settlement agreement between President Trump, two of his sons, and his company with the Internal Revenue Service.
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It was intended to provide payouts to those who suffered from weaponization and lawfare, including Jan. 6 rioters who were later pardoned by President Trump. Career IRS workers and a former Jan. 6 prosecutor joined a lawsuit against the agreement, which also granted immunity from IRS audits to President Trump and his family members. While Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the fund is rescinded and that there is no fund, a legal loophole in his written statement did not include the signatories of the initial agreement. This allows for the fund and the related IRS immunity to be revived at a future date. President Trump has not ruled out giving payouts to Jan. 6 rioters, stating that the fund is dead but expressing a wish that it were not. The administration announced the order granted discovery to help investigate the slush fund.