Washington — Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a federal lawsuit on May 20 seeking to block payouts from the Justice Department's newly established $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, which the DOJ created as part of a settlement following President Trump's agreement with the IRS. This week Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the fund during congressional testimony on May 19, while claimants including former Trump official Michael Caputo have already filed or posted compensation demands; the officers allege the fund unlawfully rewards insurrectionists and the federal courts will now weigh injunction requests and statutory challenges.
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这场诉讼可能会影响反武器化基金的使用方式。如果警官胜诉,这笔钱可能不会用于1月6日事件的涉事人员。这可能会影响社区安全和公众信任。请关注此案的后续发展。
联邦法院现在将决定该基金是奖励叛乱分子还是伸张正义。这是一个复杂的问题,没有简单的答案。如果您认识对执法或公共安全辩论感兴趣的人,值得转发。
因政治动机的起诉而声称自己是受害者的个人,包括前政府官员和其他指控政府武器化的人,可能会从根据 IRS-特朗普协议设立的“反武器化基金”获得赔偿。
1月6日受伤的执法人员、纳税人和批评者认为,这项和解协议破坏了问责制,并将公共资源转移给与政治暴力有关联的个人。
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