Cassidy, Booker Urge Judge to Keep Trump's $1.8 Billion Fund Frozen
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 4
Cassidy, Booker Urge Judge to Keep Trump's $1.8 Billion Fund Frozen
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 4
Summary
$1.8 billion is at the center of a new bipartisan amicus brief from Senators Bill Cassidy and Cory Booker asking Judge Leonie Brinkema to keep the Trump administration's compensation fund blocked.
The senators argued the fund was created as an illegal end-run around Congress and warned it could become a slush fund for Trump allies claiming unfair prosecution.
Their filing deepened doubts about the fund's status after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House panel Tuesday that the Justice Department was withdrawing it, only for Trump a day later to say he still liked the idea.
Brinkema temporarily blocked the fund last week in a lawsuit brought by former federal prosecutor Andrew Floyd and two others, and she set a June 12 hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, to weigh the legal issues.