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LetMyPeopleVote

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Wed May 20, 2026, 10:43 AM Wednesday

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn files suit to block Trump's 'slush fund' [View all]

Source: MS NOW

A familiar figure intends to find out. On Wednesday morning, former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, perhaps best known to much of the public for his testimony to the bipartisan Jan. 6 committee, filed a lawsuit with the Public Integrity Project seeking to invalidate the Republican administration’s fund, claiming that it emboldens violence against police and rewards sedition.

Another officer, Daniel Hodges, who also defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, joined Dunn in bringing the lawsuit.

MS NOW’s Britt Miller spoke to Dunn about the lawsuit and this week’s developments. The decorated officer said:

I had the opportunity to talk with lawyers about this. And we are going to sue to stop this illegal slush fund. Now, obviously, we encourage everybody else to sue. Everybody should, this can’t happen. So, we believe that we, the officers in this suit, will be harmed by this. We have been subjected to countless death threats in addition to all the violence that we faced on Jan. 6. But for just speaking out the truth, I mean, I guarantee you somebody’s watching this right now and typing death threats to us right now. And deaths only continue to embolden and potentially continue to arm a militia that Donald Trump will have on retainer.


Read more: https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/former-capitol-police-officer-harry-dunn-files-suit-to-block-trumps-slush-fund




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The slush fund seems to me like conspiracy after-the-fact bucolic_frolic Wednesday #1
u have to wonder mopinko Wednesday #2
Good. They are brave men and the horrible trauma and violence they endured on J6 should be all over the media right now. mb40 Wednesday #3
2 officers in Jan. 6 riot sue to block DOJ "anti-weaponization" fund LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #4
Go Harry. We are with ya. twodogsbarking Wednesday #5
Absolutely! Bayard Wednesday #6
On Stephanie Miller someone said we should call it a "Reparations Fund" Zelda_Orchid Wednesday #7
Brought to you by "The Party of Fiscal Responsibility." MLWR Wednesday #8
Dunn and the rest of the Capitol Police and other officers . . . AverageOldGuy Wednesday #9
I hope they win. Martin68 Wednesday #10
Why can't U.S. taxpayers join this as a class-action suit? FakeNoose Wednesday #11
pedo doesn't know who knows what so he's paying them all off Marthe48 Wednesday #12
He'll pay them peanuts and keep the lion's share for himself FakeNoose Wednesday #13
The real "retribution plan" is against all of the USA Ilsa Wednesday #14
Yeah, the "peanuts check" will be in the mail. Wednesdays Wednesday #19
Good! surfered Wednesday #15
Every American taxpayer should have standing. How about the largest class action suit in history? Bluetus Wednesday #16
Kick and rec! 58Sunliner Wednesday #17
Give 'em Hell Harry! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Wednesday #18
Good on you both! May you be sucessful! electric_blue68 Wednesday #20
From Michael Fanone LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #21
Here is a link to the lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #22
The civil case filed by officers Harry Dunn and Danny Hodges has been assigned to Judge Richard Leon LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #23
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