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Erin Burnett OutFront

Thune Dismisses Trump’s Call to Fire Parliamentarian Over Ballroom

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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3.9715 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s acting attorney general speaks out about the DOJ’s $1.8 billion compensation fund. Who would qualify for all this money? His answer is raising more questions tonight. Plus, a Republican congressman is standing up to Trump on his pet projects and he is Trump’s new target.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Out front next, the breaking news, Trump's acting Attorney General speaking out about the DOJ's

0:07.2

$1.8 billion compensation fund.

0:10.3

So who would qualify for all this money?

0:12.5

His answer raising more questions tonight.

0:15.6

Also breaking a Republican congressman standing up to Trump on his pet projects and he's

0:20.0

Trump's new target.

0:20.9

Even people in Trump's own party think the president's revenge tour is going too far.

0:25.6

New reporting this hour ahead.

0:28.4

And first out front from reality TV star to candidate for L.A. mayor.

0:32.7

Spencer Pratt speaking out here.

0:35.7

So why are billionaires placing their bets on Pratt? Does he have a chance?

0:39.2

Let's go out front. And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. And out front tonight, not afraid of Trump.

0:47.0

There is a Republican congressman tonight who is undeterred by his fellow Republican Tom Massey's loss.

0:53.4

Massey became Trump's target and he's out.

0:55.5

But now another Republican congressman facing off with Trump on multiple fronts.

0:59.3

And that Republican is Pennsylvania's Brian Fitzpatrick.

1:02.5

He hails from a must-win purple district.

1:06.4

So it's purple.

1:07.9

And so he wants to kill Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund that has been set up to aid

1:13.8

Trump's political allies and supporters.

1:17.7

We got to unpack exactly what it is, what the source of the funding is in order to stop it

1:24.3

and or reverse it. So you want to stop it? Oh, 100%. Do you want to stop it? Oh, 100%. He said it. He's not

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