Why Trump's own party has killed his J6 slush fund
The News Agents - USA
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Trump wanted taxpayer money set aside for a 'slush fund' critics feared would be used to payout millions for his January 6th allies. But in a rare act of defiance, Republicans have killed off the plan before it could become reality.
Why did Trump’s own party draw the line here? Was it a principled stand, a political calculation, or a sign that some Republicans are growing nervous about defending everything linked to January 6th? And Has Trump pushed Republicans too far this time?
Later, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam joins us to discuss the Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein files.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.0 | The Newsagents USA with Emily Maitliss and John Sopold. |
| 0:13.7 | There is a feeling that he is losing his touch politically and that he is starting to be a drag |
| 0:19.2 | anchor on Republican ambitions. |
| 0:22.3 | Is it dead or is it just partly dead? |
| 0:24.7 | I just need to feel like it's dropped and done. |
| 0:28.9 | I think that is a metaphor for Trump himself. |
| 0:31.8 | We've told you a lot about the sort of force of Trump when he does back a primary candidate. |
| 0:36.2 | This time it didn't go so well. Look, we're not |
| 0:38.6 | moving forward with the fund. You're right that there's a date that in the case in the East District |
| 0:44.0 | Virginia in June, but we are not moving forward with the fund, period. We, we, the reasons for the |
| 0:51.8 | fund is something that President Trump talked about for a long time, |
| 0:54.8 | which is the fact that there were a lot of people in this country who had their government weaponized against them. |
| 1:00.3 | The reasons for the fund, I think, were, were, were, we remain as important as they were before, but we are not moving forward with the fund. |
| 1:08.9 | Not moving forward ever. |
| 1:10.7 | Correct. Oh, there's no more fund then. Well forward with the fund. Not moving forward ever. Correct. |
| 1:11.6 | Oh, there's no more fund then. |
| 1:14.3 | Well, to the extent there was a fund, |
| 1:15.8 | remember the fund wasn't set up yet. |
| 1:17.3 | There were no commissioners named. |
| 1:18.7 | There was no... |
| 1:19.3 | That is about as simple as Todd Blanche could make his answer. |
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