Among those who could be eligible for payouts are members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images During Senate testimony on Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators that anybody in the U.S. who feels they’ve been wrongly targeted by federal prosecutors or investigators will now be eligible for millions of dollars in payouts — including violent participants in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building.
President Donald Trump and his family filed against the IRS, in which they had sought $10 billion in damages. After dropping the suit, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the fund, which totals $1.776 billion, stating it will be paid out to individuals claiming to have been unfairly targeted by past administrations. Asked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen whether the fund could entail payouts to those individuals, Blanche indicated that it could.
Van Hollen then asked whether this included members of white nationalist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, who took part in the Capitol attack and were later charged and convicted with committing seditious conspiracy,Reed said .
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