Six Hours. That’s How Long Their Surrender Lasted.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit michaelfanone.substack.comDOJ leadership tried to slam the door on the January 6 payout scheme with one of those courtroom words that’s supposed to end the conversation: “Period.” Acting AG Todd Blanche told Rep. Grace Meng the so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund” wasn’t moving forward — and that it was never going to happen.That lasted about six hours.Because once the cameras were off, you could watch the replacement being built in real time. Lindsey Graham immediately started floating a new workaround — paying “weaponization” claims through the Federal Tort Claims Act, which is basically the quietest way possible to move taxpayer money: not one big fund everyone can see, but a bunch of smaller settlements that don’t look like a headline until you add them up later.Then came the tell.Stanley Woodward — the Associate Attorney General, the number three person at DOJ — replied publicly to Graham with “We’re on it.” Present tense. Not “we’ll look at it,” not “interesting idea,” but we’re already moving. And then he deleted it — after journalists screenshotted it, because of course they did.And Trump didn’t help their “it’s dead” story either. In a podcast taping this week, when asked about dropping the fund, he didn’t say I ended it. He said a court stopped it, and that the people it was meant to pay “should be reimbursed.” Translation: the plan didn’t die. It got blocked. So they’re shopping for a new vehicle.That’s the point here: they’re not abandoning the payoff — they’re abandoning the version that was too obvious to survive. Big, loud, easy to freeze in court. The next version will be quieter, messier, and harder to track unless Congress forces disclosure.If you don’t want “period” to become the new magic word for “we’ll do it anyway, just off-camera,” this is the moment to pressure lawmakers to lock down the loopholes — because they just told you, accidentally, that they’re still building it.🟧 Paid subscribers get 15% off your next merch order🟧 Founding Members get 20% off for lifeYou’ll get the link in your welcome email.GET DISCOUNTS BELOW! ENJOY!