Blanche Says Trump “Slush Fund” Payouts Could Include Jan. 6 Participants

During Senate testimony on Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators that anybody in the U.S. who feels they’ve been wrongly targeted by federal prosecutors or investigators will now be eligible for millions of dollars in payouts — including violent participants in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building. The new “anti-weaponization fund” is the result of a…
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Trump Sues the BBC — but the UK Broadcaster Insists It Won’t Back Down

On Monday, President Donald Trump filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against the BBC, alleging that the British broadcaster unfairly defamed him by airing a documentary with a questionable edit last year. In response, the BBC pointed out that it has apologized for the edit but said that the error did not amount to defamation, and that they plan a full-throated opposition to the litigation.
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Georgia Prosecutor Drops Trump Election Interference Case

A Georgia state prosecutor who took over the election interference case regarding President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results has announced he is dropping all charges in the inquiry. Georgia prosecutor Peter Skandalakis became the lead prosecutor on the case last month, after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who had originally initiated the proceedings…
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Here Are the “Fake Electors” and Other Allies Trump Just Pardoned

President Donald Trump announced on Monday he pardoned his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other people allegedly involved in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but the president’s federal pardon does not shield members of the group from state charges. Posting to social media early Monday, U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin released the names of 77 people for whom Trump…
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