California Governor Gavin Newsom wants the state to impose a 100 percent tax on any resident who receives monetary relief through the Justice Department’s $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
Newsom, a Democrat who has fervently pushed back against President Donald Trump’s policies, told reporters Wednesday he was thinking of ideas to combat the $1.776 billion fund that would allow anyone who believes they have been wrongly prosecuted to request taxpayer money. Some critics have labeled it a “slush fund” for Trump allies.
