vowing to block President Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “MAGA grievance slush fund” and any similar self-dealing slush fund before any U.S. taxpayer money goes out
I will block President Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “MAGA grievance slush fund” and any similar self-dealing slush fund before any U.S. taxpayer money is spent.
Occurrences
Evidence
At a congressional hearing, Jack Reed pressed Todd Blanche over the fund, while Blanche refused to rule out payouts to violent Jan. 6 participants and said eligibility would be left to commissioners.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the fund, ordering the government to halt further action and prevent money from being irreversibly disbursed.
Todd Blanche told a House hearing, 'We are not moving forward with the fund, period,' and the administration said it was abandoning the plan.
A judge extended the block, saying the government's claim of mootness was not enough; the article also says no claims were accepted and no payments were made before the fund was halted.
Assessments
The record shows the fund was stopped before any payouts were made: a federal judge blocked disbursements, the administration later said it was abandoning the plan, and reporting said no claims were accepted and no taxpayer money was spent. That satisfies the outcome in practical terms during Reed's current term. But the evidence for Reed's personal credit is limited to public opposition and questioning Todd Blanche at a hearing; the actual halt appears to have come mainly from court action and the administration's retreat, not from a Reed-led mechanism. Under a candidate-credit standard, that supports partial rather than full delivery.