First Claim Filed to “Anti-Weaponization” Fund
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You know that $1.776 billion dollar fund to help wronged Trump allies? |
| 0:08.3 | Well, there was just a major addendum today. |
| 0:12.2 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:14.8 | When the fine print matters, President Trump and his family and his businesses, |
| 0:20.3 | now all protected under new terms |
| 0:23.4 | added in a settlement with the Treasury Department, the Justice Department, and the IRS, the |
| 0:29.2 | settlement that creates this fund to compensate people. The Trump administration feels were |
| 0:33.6 | unfairly targeted by past administrations now has a big, big addition. |
| 0:37.7 | And brand new details about the deadly shooting at San Diego's largest mosque, how a hero security |
| 0:44.7 | guard and two other men in the parking lot distracted the teenage gunmen, keeping them away |
| 0:49.7 | from the young children inside the Islamic Center. |
| 0:53.0 | And strong messages today from Epstein survivors. |
| 0:56.6 | Why they're taking issue with new comments from Acting Attorney General Taub Blanche. |
| 1:05.9 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 1:07.5 | We're going to start with our politics lead and more on Trump's tour in which he seems to be punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends and allies, his multifaceted |
| 1:15.2 | vengeance campaigns spreading in several directions, including in tonight's election day. |
| 1:20.9 | Several competitive Republican primary races are happening across the country at this hour. |
| 1:26.1 | And in fact, in one hour, polls are going to close in Georgia and Kentucky. |
| 1:30.2 | Kentucky is where President Trump's influence will likely be tested the most. |
| 1:35.0 | Trump's furious fight to oust longtime Republican Congressman Thomas Massey. |
| 1:40.3 | They've had clashes over the budgets, over the Epstein files, over U.S. support for Israel, over the war in Iran, and on and on. |
| 1:48.0 | All leading to this bitter showdown, the president making these comments about Congressman Massey earlier today. |
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