Jan. 6 officers take first step toward defeating Trump's insurrectionist 'slush fund'

[Miles Archer]

Jan. 6 officers take first step toward defeating Trump's insurrectionist 'slush fund'

https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-officers-weaponization-fund/

Two of the most recognizable police officers from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to kill the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" before it can pay out a single dollar to the rioters who beat them.

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, calling the fund "the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century."

"The fund, styled the 'Anti-Weaponization Fund,' is illegal," the complaint states. "No statute authorizes its creation, the settlement on which it is premised is a corrupt sham, and its design violates the Constitution and federal law."

The lawsuit argues the fund violates the 14th Amendment's explicit prohibition on using federal money to "pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States." It also contends the Justice Department had no legal authority to create the fund in the first place.

[Deuxcents]

1. I wish them well. I hope they get all the support they need

[johnnyfins]

2. Maybe it will go to the SCOTUS so they can kill

off the 14th amendment now. I dont trust these people. They want the 14th gone. That' s for sure.

[sop]

3. They should take it all the way to the Supreme Court, like Trump has with E. Jean Carroll's $88.3 million award.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Thank you, officers!

[progressoid]

5. Give 'em hell Harry!

Met him at a fundraiser. He's has no love for Donald.

[orleans]

6. i'm so glad they are doing this

fingers crossed that they are able to stop that insanity

my uh-oh moment was when i read:

The lawsuit argues the fund violates the 14th Amendment's explicit prohibition on using federal money to "pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States." It also contends the Justice Department had no legal authority to create the fund in the first place.

but it wasn't an insurrection or rebellion against the united states. IT WAS A FUCKING PICNIC. A DAY WHEN A GROUP OF TOURISTS GATHERED TOGETHER TO KILL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT TOUR THE CAPITOL IN PEACE AND LOVE

and

the justice dept. will say of course it had legal authority to create the fund because donald told them to.

[OMGWTF]

7. Harry Dunn is running for Congress.

https://harrydunnformd.com/