Officers Sue Trump Over $1.776B 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund They Say Will Reward Jan. 6 Rioters

Two D.C. police officers who defended the Capitol during the January 6 attack, Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Trump administration to block a newly created $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization fund.' The fund was established as part of a settlement between Trump and the federal government related to his lawsuit over leaked tax returns from his first term. The officers argue the fund violates the Appropriations Clause and other constitutional provisions by creating a taxpayer-funded mechanism to compensate January 6 defendants and paramilitary groups without congressional authorization. Legal experts quoted by PBS describe the fund structure as unprecedented in American governance. The lawsuit names Trump, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as defendants, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to have the fund declared illegal and any transfers reversed.

"The most brazen act of presidential corruption this century" — Statement from legal experts and advocates characterizing the anti-weaponization fund's purpose and constitutional implications