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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) suggested creating a fund under the Federal Tort Claims Act. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Republican lawmakers signaled Wednesday their continued opposition to a proposed $1.8 billion payout fund for individuals who claim they were unfairly investigated by the government, as they brace to take politically charged votes on the issue.<\/p>

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (South Dakota) said most Republicans were reassured after acting attorney general Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Justice Department would abandon<\/a> its plans to create the \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that most of our members feel pretty satisfied with his comments \u2014 that they were in a public hearing under oath,\u201d Thune told reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The dispute over the payout fund threatened Republican efforts to fast-track a reconciliation bill that mostly aims to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, as several lawmakers pushed to add language reining in the fund. Draft text of that bill released midday on Wednesday did not include any language about the fund.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, some Senate Republicans indicated they want to ensure the fund cannot move forward at any point.<\/p>\n

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) told reporters Wednesday he would file an amendment to \u201cmake sure it never comes back.\u201d He added that if the fund is truly dead, President Donald Trump\u2019s administration should support such a measure.<\/p>\n

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) echoed similar concerns, sharing a post<\/a> on X Wednesday morning linking to a Wall Street Journal editorial that urged Congress to block the fund entirely. He highlighted a line from the piece that said, \u201cThe way to ensure the Trump retribution fund is more than mostly dead would be for Congress to put a stake through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Blanche\u2019s comments Tuesday, some confusion reignited, after the Justice Department\u2019s No. 3 official shared, and then deleted, a social media post in support of Congress creating its own version of the proposed fund.<\/p>\n

Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. shared a social media post by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) suggesting that Congress create its own version of the fund. Woodward expressed support for the idea before later deleting his post.<\/p>

Read more Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion fund may be dead, but there are still paths to payouts<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many victims of the weaponized Biden Justice Department throughout this country. \u2026 I am proposing that we create a weaponization fund that will be available to those who can prove their claim against the federal government through the Federal Tort Claims Act,\u201d Graham wrote<\/a> on X on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on it,\u201d Woodward said in his deleted response on X.<\/p>\n

Neither Graham nor Justice Department officials responded to requests for comment about the idea of Congress creating its own version of the fund.<\/p>\n

Blanche\u2019s confirmation Tuesday that the compensation fund would be scrapped \u2014 allowing the Trump administration to assuage lawmakers\u2019 concerns that taxpayer money might be used to compensate people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 \u2014 had marked a rare moment in which congressional Republicans defied Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fund was created as part of a broad settlement in exchange for Trump dropping a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the IRS over the leak of his confidential tax records<\/a> in 2019. As part of that deal, the Justice Department also agreed to release Trump and members of his family from any pending or future prosecutions or investigations involving their previously filed tax returns. At the hearing Tuesday, Blanche confirmed that element of the settlement would remain intact, even with the dissolution of the fund.<\/p>\n

The Senate is set to vote on the motion to proceed to the budget package Wednesday afternoon. This would open up debate on the bill followed by several votes, allowing senators to try to make changes to the budget package \u2014 including votes on the payout fund <\/b>\u2014 via amendments before final passage.<\/p>\n

Democrats have also vowed to offer measures blocking the administration from pursuing the fund in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people need the commitment to stop Trump\u2019s corruption not only in writing, but codified in law,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (New York) said in a floor speech Wednesday morning. \u201cI ask Leader Thune, I ask every Republican senator: If you believe the slush fund should be banned, if you believe Trump shouldn\u2019t get tax immunity, then why wouldn\u2019t you just vote yes and make sure we put it into law?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Any amendment vote on the fund risks gaining enough support to be adopted, posing a challenge for Republican leadership.<\/p>

Read more Rep. Ogles deletes homophobic tweet, blames staff amid rare GOP pushback<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeremy Roebuck contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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