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Simon Ormiston

Republicans press Trump over controversial €1.5bn fund for victims of 'political weaponisation'

Republican senators in the US are set to discuss how they will proceed after the Justice Department said it would comply with a court order temporarily blocking a controversial $1.776 billion (€1.53 billion) settlement fund that has divided President Donald Trump’s party.

Several Republican senators have demanded greater clarity from the administration over the future of the Anti-Weaponisation fund, which was created as part of a settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.

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