Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund Is a Criminal Enterprise

The Trump administration set the stage for the largest heist in American history this week by creating an illegal fund of taxpayer dollars to compensate President Donald Trump and his allies—including the January 6 insurrectionists for being brought to justice after storming the Capitol in 2021.The Justice Department’s announcement that it will set a $1.8 billion slush fund to settle a $10 billion lawsuit from Trump himself against the IRS drew widespread outrage from Democrats on Capitol Hill,...