Use Congress's power of the purse to stop a proposed $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded fund for January 6 defendants, Trump-connected entities, and MAGA allies.

Congress has the power of the purse, and we have an obligation to use it to stop this abuse.

Walkinshaw committed to using congressional spending authority to stop the reported $1.7 billion fund for Trump allies and January 6 defendants.

Walkinshaw Statement on Trump’s $1.7 Billion Plan to Cut Checks to Political Allies with Taxpayer Dollars | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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issued the following statement on reports that President Trump is moving to create a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded fund for January 6 defendants, Trump-connected entities, and MAGA allies

Walkinshaw opposed a proposed taxpayer-funded fund for January 6 defendants and Trump-aligned entities, matching his existing commitment to stop it through congressional spending authority.

News List | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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Walkinshaw said Congress has the power of the purse and must use it to stop President Trump’s reported plan to create a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded fund for January 6 defendants, Trump-connected entities, and MAGA allies.

Official statement establishing the promise and naming Congress’s spending power as the intended tool to block the fund.

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Walkinshaw Statement on Trump’s $1.7 Billion Plan to Cut Checks to Political Allies with Taxpayer Dollars | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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AP reported that a federal judge extended an indefinite block on the fund, said the administration was scrapping the plan amid bipartisan backlash, and noted that no money had been paid out and no claims accepted.

The proposed payout fund remained blocked in the lookback period, and the administration said it was dropping the plan, though the court still wanted a sworn commitment not to revive it.

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Judge extends block on $1.8B Trump 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
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Walkinshaw said, "Congress has the power of the purse, and we have an obligation to use it to stop this abuse."

Official statement shows Walkinshaw publicly tying the response to congressional spending power and calling on Congress to stop the proposed fund.

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Walkinshaw Statement on Trump’s $1.7 Billion Plan to Cut Checks to Political Allies with Taxpayer Dollars | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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Blanche said the administration was "not moving forward with the fund, period."

The administration publicly abandoned the fund in congressional testimony, but that was an executive retreat rather than Congress using the power of the purse.

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Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B fund meant to compensate president's allies, Blanche says
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A federal judge kept the fund blocked because the government had not filed sworn proof that it was dead.

Even after the June 2 retreat, the court treated the plan as not yet conclusively terminated, so the status remained unsettled.

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Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
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