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Two Officers Sue to Block Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund

Are these officers right to challenge an illegal slush fund or are they attempting to block a legitimate remedy for a two-tiered justice system?

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Two Officers Sue to Block Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund

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Above: Demonstrators physically remove a Metropolitan Police officer on Jan. 6, 2021. Image credit: Eric Lee/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Anti-Trump narrative

Officers who risked their lives defending the Capitol now face heightened physical danger because of the president's slush fund directly rewarding political violence, including potentially paying off those who rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Paying insurrectionists for attacking democracy is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment and a brazen abuse of federal power.

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Pro-Trump narrative

These officers are seeking publicity by filing this lawsuit. They were pre-pardoned by Biden, and their legal challenge is led by someone whose dire predictions about pardons enabling vigilantism never materialized. The new fund will promptly compensate Americans who were mistreated by a two-tiered legal system. The process is transparent and leftover funds will be returned to the government.

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