This Senate resolution condemns a settlement in Trump v. Internal Revenue Service. The settlement, dated May 18, 2026, would require the federal government to create a $1,776,000,000 "Anti-Weaponization Fund." A five-member panel appointed by the Attorney General would decide how to distribute the fund. The panel members would be removable by the President "without cause" and could set procedures that are not required to be public. A Department of Justice document dated May 19, 2026, and signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the United States is "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from prosecuting or pursuing claims against President Trump, related individuals, and related companies and trusts. Acting Attorney General Blanche testified on May 19, 2026, that he did not rule out using the fund to make payments to people who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, including people found guilty of assaulting law enforcement officers. Vice President J.D. Vance also said the fund could be used to make such payments. The resolution notes that Andrew Paul Johnson, who was pardoned by President Trump for January 6 conduct, was later sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse after promising to share millions he expected to receive from the Trump Administration. It also states that at least 20 other individuals pardoned for January 6 conduct have since been charged with or convicted of additional crimes but may still be eligible for payments from the fund. The resolution formally condemns: (1) using public monies to benefit President Trump, his family, associates, or political allies; (2) efforts to provide immunity from prosecution for tax crimes to President Trump and related people or entities; and (3) providing payments to people who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those who assaulted law enforcement officers.
This is a Senate resolution introduced by Senator Richard Durbin and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It expresses the Senate's official condemnation of the settlement and lists specific objections. It does not provide detailed information in this text about how the settlement would be changed. Status: referred to committee, in progress.
The settlement described would establish a $1,776,000,000 "Anti-Weaponization Fund." No publicly available information in the provided text about other costs, offsets, or how the fund would be financed beyond that amount.
Supporters of the resolution say the settlement would: use taxpayer money to financially benefit President Trump, his family, his associates, or political allies; create a process that could give immunity from prosecution for tax-related claims to those same people and entities; and allow payments to people who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, including people convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers. The resolution cites the Department of Justice document, testimony by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, statements by Vice President J.D. Vance, and the case of Andrew Paul Johnson and other pardoned individuals as reasons for concern.
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