GOP Senators clash with Trump over $1.8B DOJ fund
May 22, 2026
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10:23Now PlayingGOP Senators clash with Trump over $1.8B DOJ fund
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as posted by the channelSenate Republicans blasted acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday over the Trump administration’s proposal to set up a $1.8 billion fund to compensate MAGA allies prosecuted by the Justice Department and made it clear that a budget reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement won’t move until their concerns are resolved.
GOP senators pressed Blanche during a tense meeting in the Capitol’s Mansfield Room to accept guardrails to limit who could get paid by the fund and vented their anger over the attorney general’s refusal during a hearing Tuesday to rule out the possibility that people convicted of crimes related to Jan. 6, 2021, could receive payouts, according to several people familiar with the meeting.
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