Trump “Thug Fund” Rivals Watergate

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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MS NOW's Ari Melber delivers a special report and breaks down President Trump's "thug fund."

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Beat. I'm Ari Melvor. We have a legal special report coming up in this block.
0:05.4	But we begin, of course, with what is now the biggest story haunting Donald Trump, the pushback, the lawsuits over his thug fund.
0:12.7	The criticism is bipartisan now. It's drawing Republican backlash, threatening to stop the plot.
0:20.3	Congressman, what are you making this $1.7 billion fund for?
0:24.1	We're going to try to kill it.
0:25.7	You're going to try to kill it?
0:26.4	Yeah.
0:26.8	Okay.
0:27.2	And how?
0:28.3	Well, we're considering legislative options.
0:31.0	We're going to write a letter to the AG to start, but we're considering a legislative
0:35.9	option.
0:37.3	Okay. We're trying to unpack exactly, you know, what the legal mach to start, but we're considering a legislative option. Okay.
0:37.6	We're trying to unpack exactly, you know, what the legal machinations are, but can't do that.
0:43.0	Right.
0:43.2	Will you have talked about this representation fund from what president at this point?
0:48.3	Yeah, not a big fan.
0:51.0	Not a big fan, can't do it.
0:52.5	They're going to try to, quote, kill it.
0:54.0	And that's just from Republicans.
0:55.1	Democrats say the world is witnessing one of the most brazen acts of corruption
0:59.2	and self-dealing in American history.
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