GOP Senators Press White House to Scrap Trump’s $1.8 Billion Payout Fund
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 30
GOP Senators Press White House to Scrap Trump’s $1.8 Billion Payout Fund
9 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 30
More than a dozen Republican senators have privately urged the White House to eliminate President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion fund for people who say the Justice Department wrongfully targeted them.
The push is set to intensify when the Senate returns Monday from the Memorial Day recess, with several proposals circulating but Republicans still waiting for the Trump administration to signal how it wants to proceed.
The fund has become a rare flashpoint inside Trump’s own party, with senators described as deeply angered by a compensation plan they want reined in or killed outright.
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