CNN’s Anderson Cooper, on air today:
“Could President Trump receive money from the fund?”
Cooper was talking about the $1.776 billion fund the Department of Justice created today.
The fund came out of a settlement. Trump sued the IRS for $10 billion. He dropped the suit. In exchange, the DOJ created the fund.
No defined eligibility criteria. No partisan requirements. Five-member commission appointed by the Acting AG.
The President can remove any commissioner.
Two months ago, a Florida man pardoned by Trump for January 6 was sentenced to life for sexually abusing two 12-year-olds.
The police report says he tried to silence one victim by promising him $10 million.
He said the $10 million was J6 restitution from the Trump administration.
At the time, that sounded delusional.
Today, the same administration created a $1.776 billion fund. To pay people who say they were wrongly targeted.
He wasn’t delusional.
He was early.