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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ appears to violate a mandate created more than a year ago: legal experts

The Trump administration’s $1.776 billion compensation fund for alleged “victims” of “weaponization” appears to violate and contradict a mandate set out by ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi last year, according to legal experts.

Recipients of the fund, announced by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last week as part of a settlement after President Donald Trump abandoned his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, will likely remain a secret.

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