The Trump Administration has signaled that the $1.776 billion slush fund is "dead" (for now). Good news, but it isn't enough... Keep the pressure and urge Republicans to add language to the Reconciliation Bill that blocks the slush fund from being used ever again.

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The Trump Administration has signaled that the $1.776 billion slush fund is "dead" (for now). Good news, but it isn't enough... Keep the pressure and urge Republicans to add language to the Reconciliation Bill that blocks the slush fund from being used ever again. ---

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The $1.776 Billion Slush Fund Needs to Go

06/01/26 Updates: After immense pressure from Congress (which is thanks to anyone that has taken the time to pressure Republicans) and last Friday’s court order to pause the slush fund, the Trump Administration today quietly signaled that they were abandoning the slush fund “for now”. This is a huge win but it’s not set in stone. There’s nothing stopping the Trump Administration from simply pursuing this again when the court order that restrained the slush fund expires on June 12th.

Those that have filed lawsuits have signaled that they also will keep pursuing legal remedies until the slush fund is truly dead. While this plays out, you can still pressure the self-proclaimed moderate Republicans to add explicit language to the Reconciliation Bill currently being voted on this week that would prevent the Trump Administration from attempting to use the slush fund again!

05/30/26 Updates: On 05/29/26, both the Eastern Virginia and Southern Florida District Courts made important moves to slow and potentially stop the $1.776 slush fund. In the House of Representatives, a bill has also been introduced prohibiting the use of federal funds to pay those that submit claims to the anti-weaponization fund.

  • In Virginia, a temporary restraining order was placed on the Trump Administration from disbursing the funds through June 12th.

  • In Florida, after being urged in a filing by 35 former federal judges to reopen the case, the original judge assigned to Trump’s $10 billion IRS lawsuit has opened an inquiry to determine whether the “private settlement” that resulted in the slush fund was for “improper purpose”.

  • H.R.8955, “To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the payment of claims submitted to the Anti-Weaponization Fund”, has been introduced by Republican Representative Brian Fitzpatrick and Democrat Representative Tom Suozzi.

The most blatantly corrupt government action in American history is not just wrong, it’s un-American. The so-called “anti-weaponization” fund created through the atrocious self-dealings of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and President Trump steals taxpayer funds without the consent of the governed. The funds are intended to be distributed privately to President Trump’s allies with no oversight or requirement to disclose who receives them.

What We’re focused on

This website has been created to provide factual knowledge of the private “settlement” struck by President Trump and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that uses $1.776 billion in taxpayer funds while circumventing oversight from both the Legislative and Judicial branches of the US Government.

How is this $1.776 billion slush fund intended to work?

  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is responsible for appointing four “commissioners” and one other with Congressional consent. These commissioners will function as decision makers on fund distribution. The commissioners can be removed at any time by the direct authority of President Trump, effectively making the commissioners an extension of the President’s whims.

  • The individuals and organizations that the funds are approved for disbursement to will be private as the Trump Administration does not have to publicly identify who receives them. Additionally, while President Trump himself cannot receive the funds directly, there is no prohibition against organizations he owns and/or is associated with from receiving them.

  • The Trump Administration has refused to rule out distributing these funds to violent offenders that participated in January 6th and assaulted Capitol Police. Simultaneously, the Department of Justice has publicly acknowledged and celebrated the intentional removal of convictions of all those that participated in the January 6th attack from their website (still archived at NPR and with Aaron Parnas on his Substack).

How did we get here?

  • In 2020 during President Trump’s first term, there was a massive Internal Revenue Service breach of personal tax information that included President Trump’s. The details related to President Trump’s taxes were later leaked to the press.

  • From 2021 through early 2025, private citizen Donald Trump filed no lawsuits and took no steps to take legal challenges in relation to the leak of his tax-related information.

  • In January 2026, President Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS - which currently functions as part of his Administration. The assigned judge questioned President Trump’s ability to pursue this lawsuit given that it’s effectively against an extension of his own government.

  • In May 2026, President Trump dismissed his lawsuit with prejudice (meaning it cannot be filed again) but did not disclose the $1.776 billion settlement in the dismissal that normally would be included and would require direct approval by the judge.

  • Ultimately, this so-called “private settlement” has no discernable connection to the intention of President Trump’s initially filed lawsuit which suggests it was knowingly filed as a frivolous lawsuit to force a highly unusual “private settlement”. A settlement that appears to have intentionally been made to exempt it from judicial oversight and approval.

What can be done?

  • While the Trump Administration has signaled that they are abandoning the slush fund “for now”, House Republicans still need to be urged to add language to the Reconciliation Bill that prohibits the Administration from resurrecting this fund again!

  • Listed below are current Republican members of the Republican Governance Group, which consists of so-called moderate Republicans that are determined to, “shape legislation that’s rooted in pragmatism”. Additionally, select Senators in powerful positions related to appropriations, retiring Senators, and Senators that were recently primaried have been included to exert the same pressure.

  • One prominent member of the Republican Governance Group, Representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District, has joined Democratic Representative Tom Suozzi in introducing H.R.8955 which if passed would block the “anti-weaponization” payouts from being funded by taxpayer dollars - definitively killing the slush fund.

  • Urge the members listed below to join with their colleague Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, other Senate members, and the Democrats in pressuring the Trump Administration to drop this so-called private settlement, help pass H.R.8955, or otherwise subject it to Congressional oversight with prohibitions on who can receive it and added requirements to publicly disclose the recipients and amounts received.

Read more here:

Members of the Republican Governance Group &

Select persuadableSenators

All 2026 Race ratings are from the Cook Political Report as of may 2026

Arizona

  • Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

Arkansas

  • Steve Womack (AR-3): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+13 pts)

California

  • Kevin Kiley (CA-3 running for CA-6): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID D (+5 pts)

  • David Valadao (CA-22): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

  • Jay Obernolte (CA-23): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+9 pts)

  • Young Kim (CA-40): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+6 pts)

  • Ken Calvert (CA-41 running for CA-40): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID D (+9 pts)

Colorado

  • Jeff Hurd (CO-3): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+5 pts)

  • Gabe Evans (CO-8): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

Florida

  • John Rutherford (FL-5): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+10 pts)

  • Laurel Lee (FL-15): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+9 pts)

  • Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+7 pts)

  • Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27): the November 2026 race rating is LIKELY R (+6 pts)

  • Carlos A. Giminez (FL-28): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+10 pts)

Georgia

  • Earl “Buddy” Carter (GA-1, retiring): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+8 pts)

  • Rich McCormick (GA-7): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+11 pts)

Illinois

  • Mike Bost (IL-12): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+22 pts)

Indiana

  • Mark Messmer (IN-8): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+18 pts)

Iowa

  • Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-1): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

Kansas

  • Senator Jerry Moran: Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice, up for reelection in 2028.

Louisiana

  • Julia Letlow (LA-5, retiring): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+18 pts)

Maine

  • Susan Collins: Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

Minnesota

  • Pete Stauber (MN-8): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+7 pts)

Nebraska

  • Don Bacon (NE-2, retiring): the November 2026 race rating is LEAN D (+2 pts)

Nevada

  • Mark Amodei (NV-2, retiring): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+7 pts)

New Jersey

  • Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-7): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

New York

  • Nick LaLota (NY-1): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+4 pts)

  • Andrew Garbarino (NY-2): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+6 pts)

  • Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+10 pts)

  • Mike Lawler (NY-17): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

  • Elise Stefanik (NY-21, retiring): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+10 pts)

North Carolina

  • Senator Thom Tillis: Retiring at the end of his term this year.

    • Senator Tillis has publicly called the slush fund, “stupid on stilts”.

    • For socials click here and for email click here.

  • Chuck Edwards (NC-11): the November 2026 race rating is LIKELY R (+5 pts)

North Dakota

  • Julie Fedorchak (ND-AL): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+18 pts)

Ohio

  • Michael Rulli (OH-6); the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+17 pts)

  • Mike Turner (OH-10): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+4 pts)

  • Troy Balderson (OH-12): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+15 pts)

  • Dave Joyce (OH-14): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+10 pts)

Oregon

  • Cliff Bentz (OR-2): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+14 pts)

Pennsylvania

  • Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

    • Fitzpatrick has co-introduced and sponsored H.R.8955 to stop the slush fund.

    • For socials click here and if you live in Fitzpatrick’s district click here.

  • Rob Bresnahan (PA-8): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

  • Glenn Thompson (PA-15): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+19 pts)

South Dakota

  • Senator John Thune: Senate Majority Leader, up for reelection in 2028.

Texas

  • Beth Van Duyne (TX-24): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+8 pts)

Utah

  • Blake Moore (UT-1 running for UT-2): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+15 pts)

Virginia

  • Rob Wittman (VA-1): the November 2026 race rating is LEAN R (+3 pts)

  • Jennifer Kiggans (VA-2): the November 2026 race rating is TOSS UP

Washington

  • Dan Newhouse (WA-4, retiring): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+10 pts)

  • Michael Baumgartner (WA-5): the November 2026 race rating is SOLID R (+5 pts)

Wisconsin

  • Bryan Steil (WI-1): the November 2026 race rating is LIKELY R (+2 pts)

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