EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 10 MIN
Trump’s $1.8B ‘Truth and Justice’ Fund: Paying for Biden’s Lawfare Fallout
from The Rock of Talk · host Eddy Aragon
The Department of Justice is creating a $1.776 billion “Truth and Justice Commission” to compensate people who say they were politically targeted under the Biden administration, as President Trump drops his $10 billion lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns. The money comes from the Treasury’s Judgment Fund, so it doesn’t require new congressional approval, and the commission will have broad power with limited transparency, with Trump able to remove members at will. Supporters say this is overdue justice for conservatives, Trump allies, and some January 6 defendants who faced aggressive prosecutions, IRS leaks, and government‑driven censorship during the Biden years. Critics, led by Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin, are blasting it as a $1.7 billion “fraud on the taxpayer” and an unconstitutional slush fund for MAGA allies, vowing legal challenges. The move amounts to an implicit admission that federal power was used in a partisan way – and now the same government is spending nearly $1.8 billion trying to clean up the fallout.
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The Department of Justice is creating a $1.776 billion “Truth and Justice Commission” to compensate people who say they were politically targeted under the Biden administration, as President Trump drops his $10 billion lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns. The money comes from the Treasury’s Judgment Fund, so it doesn’t require new congressional approval, and the commission will have broad power with limited transparency, with Trump able to remove members at will. Supporters say this is overdue justice for conservatives, Trump allies, and some January 6 defendants who faced aggressive prosecutions, IRS leaks, and government‑driven censorship during the Biden years. Critics, led by Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin, are blasting it as a $1.7 billion “fraud on the taxpayer” and an unconstitutional slush fund for MAGA allies, vowing legal challenges. The move amounts to an implicit admission that federal power was used in a partisan way – and now the same government is spending nearly $1.8 billion trying to clean up the fallout.
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Trump’s $1.8B ‘Truth and Justice’ Fund: Paying for Biden’s Lawfare Fallout
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