Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanch says anyone
who applies for money from a huge new compensation fund will have their conduct in the case reviewed.
This week, he said President Trump was settling his lawsuit against the IRS.
In exchange, he will create a nearly $1.8 billion fund.
This is for people who claim they were targeted by the Justice Department.
Critics say that could include January 6th rioters.
Blanche says commissioners of the fund who have not yet been named would review each applicant's claim.
The agreement makes plain that the commissioners have a bunch of factors they have to consider.
Expenses, how much money they want, what the claimant did, the claimant's conduct.
And so that's something that we will pick good commissioners
and that's something that they will take into account.
He spoke to CNN.
Two police officers who helped defend the U.S.
Capitol when it was attacked.
Are suing to block payouts to anyone involved in the riot.
The United States is threatening to revoke the visa of the Palestinian ambassador to the U.N.
That's unless he withdraws his run for a leadership role at the U.N.
That's according to a U.S.
State Department cable obtained by NPR's Daniel Estran.