Liberal Forum
Archive
‹
No Holds Barred Political Forum
‹
"So, Nasty Little Rat Faced DOGE Git....What DID You Accomplish?"
President Donald Trump’s plan to create a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded pool through the IRS will have little oversight, a new report alleges.Blackvegetable » Today, 7:06 am » wrote: ↑ The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch a so-called "Truth and Justice Commission" and establish a compensation fund of $1,776,000,000 to pay claims made by alleged victims of government "weaponization" in exchange for President Donald Trump dropping his ongoing lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, sources told ABC News.
Sources told ABC News that the proposed deal -- which is likely to face legal hurdles and has already been criticized by Democrats as a "slush fund" for Trump's allies -- arose after months of deliberations between the White House and DOJ officials who originally attempted to craft a legal justification for the settlement to compensate Trump directly.
https://abcnews.com/US/trump-administra ... =133005480
The so-called “Truth and Justice Commission” will be under no obligation to disclose how it is spent, and the identities of recipients can be kept private, sources tell ABC News.
The funds will reportedly be used to pay Trump’s allies who claim to be victims of government “weaponization” by the Biden administration, including Jan. 6 insurrectionists that the president has already pardoned
and so you can be certain there's no grift involved...
Trump will also have the power to remove any of the five commission members without cause, ABC reported.