Trump Sued Himself … and ‘Settled’ for a $1.8 Billion Fund
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🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Will individuals who assaulted Capitol Hill police officers be eligible for this fund? |
| 0:06.5 | Anybody in this country is eligible to apply. |
| 0:10.4 | President Trump's attempt to create a $1.8 billion fund for those, quote, targeted by the Biden administration, is raising eyebrows of friends and foes alike. |
| 0:21.6 | People can see the obvious self-dealing. |
| 0:26.0 | From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Brooke Gladstone. |
| 0:30.3 | And I'm Michael Onger. |
| 0:31.6 | Also on this week's show, CBS News Radio is no more. |
| 0:35.3 | And while Obitz for the Network celebrate nearly a century of broadcasting, |
| 0:40.4 | back in 1928, the launch was less than promising. |
| 0:44.1 | CBS is this upstart company formed by a stock promoter and a talent agent. |
| 0:50.1 | The early reviews of the first performances don't make you want to tune in again. |
| 0:54.1 | It's all coming up after this. |
| 1:00.2 | From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. |
| 1:03.8 | I'm Brooke Gladstone. |
| 1:05.0 | And I'm Michael Loinger. |
| 1:06.3 | Last week, President Donald Trump and his own Justice Department reached a settlement on the |
| 1:11.9 | president's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, with the creation of a so-called anti-weaponization |
| 1:18.8 | fund. |
| 1:19.6 | The DOJ says the $1.8 billion fund will support those who claim they were a victim of lawfare |
| 1:26.0 | at the hands of the Biden administration. |
| 1:28.5 | On Friday, a federal judge temporarily froze the slush fund ahead of a June 12th court date. |
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