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EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 9 MIN

The 1.8 billion dollar settlement that may pay some Capitol rioters

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Bill Cassidy just lost his Senate seat specifically because he voted to convict Trump over January 6th, spent nearly 22 million dollars trying to survive it, and still came in third. His first move back in the Capitol was to flag a 1.8 billion dollar federal fund, created through a Trump IRS lawsuit settlement, that could end up cutting checks to the people who stormed the building that cost him his career. One senator loses everything for calling it an insurrection, some of the rioters may collect a government payout, and the fund doing it is literally called the anti-weaponization fund.

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Bill Cassidy just lost his Senate seat specifically because he voted to convict Trump over January 6th, spent nearly 22 million dollars trying to survive it, and still came in third. His first move back in the Capitol was to flag a 1.8 billion...

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