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by criddell 25 days ago
Maybe he should try to get compensation through the new Anti-Weaponization Fund.

> “The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-...

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I was just thinking that James Comey would also have a valid claim
I hope he applies (he's thought about it) just to further point out what a joke the whole thing is. Zero chance they treat his case fairly.
What that actually is, is a reward pool for Jan 6 participants and other people who have done illegal things to support Trump.
The vast majority of the money from that pool will certainly go to Trump himself (and his family when he dies) in the long run.

He'll dole out small amounts of it to J6ers and other supporters in a public display of rewarding loyalty, but enriching himself is always the prime directive over every other concern and who (in his mind) has been the biggest target of "DOJ/govt weaponization?"... himself, of course.

He will take almost all of it to go along with the various other billions of dollars he has scammed away from the American people as president.

I think there's something in place where he's not directly eligible, but I doubt that applies to his family.