Happening now first in line, we now know who has applied to the so-called anti-weaponization

fund as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other Justice Department officials defend

the billion dollar pool against growing outrage.

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Happening now, just a jaw-dropping deal hammered out by President Trump's legal team is igniting new outrage.

We're learning of a key new addition to the controversial settlement agreement between the president and the internal revenue service over the leak of his tax information back in his first term.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche quietly signed an agreement yesterday

that, quote, forever bars any investigation of Trump, his family, and his businesses over

previously filed tax returns. The larger settlement was already under scrutiny because it's

widely expected to benefit Trump's allies, possibly even

including January 6 rioters at the U.S. Capitol. The fund of nearly $1.8 billion, taxpayer

money, will compensate those who claim to have been targeted by a weaponized legal system,

and we've learned of the first person known to file such

a claim. Let's go live now to CNN's Holmes Libran. So Holmes, who is it?

That's right, Jim. So the first person to file one of these claims is Michael Caputo. Now,

he was a Trump advisor in the 2016 election and he was one of the cast of characters involved

in the Mueller investigation. Now Caputo says that he and his family have suffered greatly

because of this investigation having to hire personal attorneys and pay for all of that

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