Trump creates $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’

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  I'm Kerry Johnson.

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  And I'm Domenico Montanaro, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

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  And today on the show,

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  we're talking about a new Justice Department fund that could send more than a billion

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  dollars of taxpayer money to January 6th defendants and other Trump allies.

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  Kerry...

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  This pot of money is being called an anti-weaponization fund.

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  Tell us more about exactly what's happening here.

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