JANUARY 6TH NEWSROOM

Internal IRS lawyers identified multiple fatal flaws in Trump's $10 billion lawsuit—but the Justice Department handed him his nearly $1.8 billion slush fund regardless.

The Trump administration has established a $1.8 billion fund that would pay individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 — among them, people convicted of attacking police officers with bats, flagpoles, and bear spray. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed the memo creating the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" and directed the Treasury Department to transfer the money within 60 days. The fund will accept claims through December 1, 2028, and a five-member commiss

This week, President Trump declared a "crime emergency" and ordered a full-scale federal response to what he described as a "lawless" capital city. He announced that he was taking control of the D.C. police force and deploying 800 National Guard members, despite strong objections from local officials.

Emil Bove, best known as Donald Trump’s legal fixer and enabler of some of the most controversial legal arguments, is now up for a lifetime seat in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.