Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche won’t commit to denying million-dollar payouts to January 6 rioters who assaulted law enforcement officers and stormed the Capitol after the Department of Justice announced a $1.7 billion fund to compensate Donald Trump’s allies.
Donors to the president’s campaign are also not barred from applying for taxpayer money from the newly created fund open to people who claim to be victims of government “weaponization,” Blanche said Tuesday.
