State’s governor looks to thwart US president’s plan to divert money to allies, including January 6 rioters

State’s governor looks to thwart US president’s plan to divert money to allies, including January 6 rioters

California governor Gavin Newsom is looking to thwart Donald Trump’s $1.776bn “anti-weaponization fund” by imposing a 100% tax on any payout received by state residents.

In May, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced a fund to compensate alleged “victims of lawfare and weaponization”. It’s unclear who qualifies under this category.

The fund was the product of a settlement reached between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – the agency the president sued over his leaked tax returns.

Critics, including Newsom, have slammed the fund as a “boondoggle” designed to divert money to Trump’s allies. Speculation has swirled that its benefactors could include the individuals who were arrested in the 6 January 2021 siege of the US Capitol. The Trump administration has described the rioters as patriots and since pardoned many who were charged in relation to the attack.

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
    311·
    4 days ago

    This is the correct thing to do.

    The only change that I would make would be to earmark the taxed money to be given out to genuine victims of the Regime: those raped by Trump, police officers assaulted on January 6th, unlawfully fired Federal government workers, lawfare defense, and people accosted by ICE.