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Trump's DOJ Expands Settlement to Cover Audits

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Washington, Congress, Government, Politics, President, Scarboro, Election, Brezinski, Ms Now, News, Issues, Giest, Campaign

3.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Trump's DOJ Expands Settlement to Cover Audits

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0:00.0

We're not trying to give money to anybody who attacked a police officer. We're trying to give money, not give money. We're trying to compensate people where the book was thrown at them. They were mistreated by the legal system. Let's turn the page on this thing that we did under the last administration where we tried to throw people in prison because they had the wrong politics. Let's throw people in

0:21.7

prison who broke the law. I think this fund is a good part of getting justice for the people who

0:26.9

were wrongly treated. What are your thoughts about this organization fund from the president

0:32.5

to this point? I'm not a big fan. And I'm not sure to that from how they think you use it.

0:38.5

But my understanding of the only system now.

0:42.6

And I don't see a coach.

0:47.6

You know what I mean you see a purpose.

0:50.5

Senator, Senate Majority Leader, John Thun, with that criticism, before that,

0:56.3

Vice President J.D. Vance, actually defending this. And he went on and on saying,

1:02.8

I just don't understand why we help some people who get arrested, but not rioters who try to overthrow a presidential election.

1:15.3

Protesters, protesters. This is, of course, I believe the same J.D. Vansu who said, oh, no,

1:20.0

no, no, we would never, we the president, I'm sure, would never, ever pardon people that beat up

1:26.6

cops. Well, not only to do that, but he pardoned them

1:30.7

and now he's created a slush fund. Yes, you've got to assume a $1.8 billion slush fund for people

1:41.6

that beat the hell out of cops. Why do we say that? Because Donald Trump was asked, Mr. President, is this going to be?

1:47.1

Even for people who beat the hell out of cops?

1:49.6

And the president said, oh, we're going to have a fine commission to determine whether

1:53.3

be these people, including those who beat the hell out of cops, are able going to get this money.

2:01.3

I mean, Mika, this is just, again, it's just so extraordinarily outrageous.

2:05.7

You have the president talking again about this billion-dollar Marie Antoinette ballroom that we, we, it was perfectly fine.

2:14.4

We had, we had security.

2:16.2

We had facilities to keep the president secure. And then he tore down the

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