Democrats Push Bill to Permanently Block Trump’s “$1.8B Slush Fund”

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Trump administration has signaled to Republican congressional leaders that it plans to drop the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, though it was unclear how firm or permanent that plan is, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
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0:23.1	Trains on Uber.
0:31.5	All right, tonight, Trump and the DOJ signaling that they're willing to surrender their controversial almost $1.8 billion fund.
0:34.4	Do you trust it?
0:35.6	And what about the deal that set this off in the first place?
0:38.2	The top Democrat and the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jamie Raskin, will be my guest.
0:42.8	Plus, I've got some exclusive news to break tonight about the president's Freedom 250 concert,
0:48.6	why it's about to be even worse for the president. And later, Democrats on defense,
0:52.9	after one of their best senate pickup chances faces another
0:56.7	new scandal which number straw is this tonight on lara coach life my opening statement tonight
1:10.4	we got something from president trump's doJ that we aren't really used to hearing.
1:14.6	It wasn't defiance or a delay tactic.
1:18.6	Instead, acceptance?
1:21.6	Really?
1:22.6	At least for now.
1:24.6	It came in these words, related to Trump's nearly $1.8 billion anti-opinization
1:30.2	fund. The department will abide by the court's ruling. And the president told ABC News and a phone
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