Permanently block the Trump Administration from using taxpayer dollars to finance a fund for convicted criminals and political allies.

Jason Crow · Colorado · Democratic

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.76 extraction confidence 78%

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Occurrences

introduced the Drain the Slush Fund Act in the U.S. House of Representatives to permanently block the Trump Administration from using taxpayer dollars to finance their slush fund for cop beaters, convicted criminals, and political cronies.

Crow introduced legislation intended to permanently prevent taxpayer dollars from financing what he describes as a Trump Administration slush fund.

Fighting Corruption | Representative Jason Crow
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Evidence

Congress.gov identifies Representative Jason Crow as a Democrat representing Colorado District 6 in the 116th-119th Congresses. His member activity page lists sponsored and cosponsored legislation and statuses; the relevant 119th Congress item visible for Crow, H.R.7060, remained at the Introduced step and had not become law.

Crow was serving in the relevant 2025-2026 House term, but Congress.gov evidence reviewed did not show an enacted Crow measure permanently blocking the Trump anti-weaponization fund.

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Representative Jason Crow | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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AP reported that the Trump administration announced a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund as part of resolving Trump's IRS lawsuit, allowing people claiming political targeting to apply for payouts. AP also reported 93 House members filed a legal brief challenging the deal.

The fund the promise sought to block was actually created during Crow's same House term, so the promise was not delivered at that point.

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Justice Department announces nearly $1.8B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit
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AP reported that hundreds of Trump loyalists who pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol hoped to seek money from the $1.776 billion settlement fund, and that a judge had frozen the fund's formation only temporarily.

This supports the claim's concern that taxpayer money could reach convicted Jan. 6 defendants, while showing only a temporary freeze rather than a permanent statutory block.

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Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump's new anti-weaponization fund despite backlash
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Axios reported that Rep. Jamie Raskin was introducing legislation stating that no federal funds may be used to create or make payments to the Trump administration's Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that a discharge petition was being considered if House leadership blocked a vote.

A concrete legislative proposal existed to block the fund, but the evidence identifies Raskin, not Crow, and does not show enactment into law.

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Democrats move to shut down Trump's $1.8 billion weaponization fund
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The Guardian reported Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House appropriations hearing, 'We are not moving forward with the fund, period,' while the administration maintained other parts of the settlement and did not create a permanent legal prohibition.

The administration's stated retreat partially satisfied the practical goal of stopping the fund, but it was not a permanent block and did not appear to result from an enacted Crow measure.

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Acting attorney general says Trump's $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund is scrapped
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Axios reported House Democrats launched a discharge petition to force a vote on permanently blocking the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, because DOJ had not formally committed in writing that it would not move forward.

As of late June 2026, supporters were still trying to force a vote to permanently outlaw the fund, indicating the permanent block had not yet been delivered.

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Dems push to bypass Mike Johnson and outlaw weaponization fund
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Assessments

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The promised outcome was a permanent block on taxpayer funding for the Trump administration's Anti-Weaponization Fund. As of the provided June 2026 evidence, the fund had been announced, temporarily frozen or reportedly abandoned by DOJ, and targeted by Democratic legislation and a discharge petition, but no permanent statutory or equivalent legal prohibition had been enacted. The concrete legislative efforts identified were led by Jamie Raskin and Chuck Schumer, not materially credited to Jason Crow, and the House effort remained pending rather than passed. The administration's retreat partially addressed the practical concern but did not permanently deliver the promised block.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%