By EFE
The President’s Administration donald trump studies the creation of a fund of up to 1.7 billion dollars to compensate political allies and other people investigated by the Department of Justice during Joe Biden’s term.
As revealed by The New York Times, The concept has not yet been approved, but it is being discussed urgently by officials at the White House, the Justice Department and the Treasury Department.
The initiative would seek compensate people close to Trump who faced high legal costs in federal investigations opened during the last administration, including some related to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
According to the report, The Government analyzes using as a reference a historic compensation fund created during the presidency of Barack Obama to compensate Native American farmers and ranchers discriminated against for decades in access to federal subsidies.
The discussion coincides with attempts by Trump’s entourage to settle a $10 billion lawsuit filed by the president against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the leak of his tax returns to the US media.
The newspaper indicated that one of the options under evaluation would be exclude Trump himself from the eventual fund, but allow its allies to receive financial compensation while negotiating the withdrawal of demands.
The case has put the acting total prosecutor under pressure, Todd BlancheTrump’s former defense attorney, due to concerns about potential conflicts of interest within the administration.
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