The DOJ's anti-weaponization fund.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that, as part of the settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, it would create a new fund that could “issue formal apologies and monetary relief” to individuals and entities who claim to have suffered from lawfare and DOJ weaponization. The anti-weaponization fund will receive $1.776 billion from the federal government’s judgment fund used to settle and pay other cases. Five people, appointed by the Attorney General, will oversee the new fund; one of the five must be chosen in consultation with congressional leadership.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:12.9 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:28.1 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the creation, the Department of Justice's Anti-Weaponization Fund by President Donald Trump. We're going to break down |
| 0:38.9 | exactly what happened. Share some views from the left and the right. And then I'll be on with my take |
| 0:45.6 | today. All right. With that, I'm going to hand it over to Lindsay Canuth, who's here with me on |
| 0:51.1 | the pod today. And I'll be back for my take. |
| 1:03.3 | Thanks, Isaac. Let's get into today's quick hits. |
| 1:08.7 | Number one. On Monday, three people were killed at a mosque in San Diego, California, |
| 1:10.9 | by two shooters who fled the scene before killing themselves. Law enforcement officials are investigating the shooting as a hate crime. |
| 1:15.7 | Number two, President Donald Trump said there was a very good chance that the U.S. and Iran |
| 1:20.0 | could come to a deal to end the current war and prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. |
| 1:24.7 | The comments came hours after the president reportedly postponed planned |
| 1:28.0 | strikes on Iran following pressure from other Middle East leaders. |
| 1:31.8 | Number three, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China on Tuesday and Wednesday |
| 1:36.1 | to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping just a week after President Trump's visit to China. |
| 1:41.4 | Putin and Xi will reportedly discuss trade and other international issues. |
| 1:45.6 | Separately, Russia's nuclear chief said the Zaporizia nuclear power plant is near the point of no |
| 1:50.7 | return following Ukrainian strikes near the plant. Number four, the U.S. State Department announced |
| 1:56.5 | new sanctions against 11 Cuban officials it described as, quote, Cuban regime-aligned |
| 2:01.0 | actors, unquote, as tensions rise between the two countries. |
| 2:05.0 | Number five, President Trump announced that Trump RX, the government program offering |
| 2:09.6 | lower pricing on certain medications, would expand to include 600 new generic drugs. |
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