{"id":8996,"date":"2026-05-23T18:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8996"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:21:46","slug":"opinion-inside-the-1-8-billion-maga-payout-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8996","title":{"rendered":"Opinion | Inside the $1.8 Billion MAGA Payout Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"site-content\">\n<div>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->Inside the $1.8 Billion MAGA Payout Fund<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<div class=\"css-1g7y0i5 e1drnplw0\"><button tabindex=\"100\" class=\"css-1rtlxy\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"close\"><svg width=\"60\" height=\"60\" viewbox=\"0 0 60 60\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"30\" cy=\"30\" r=\"30\" fill=\"white\" fill-opacity=\"0.9\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M38.4844 20.1006L39.8986 21.5148L21.5138 39.8996L20.0996 38.4854L38.4844 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5156 20.1006L20.1014 21.5148L38.4862 39.8996L39.9004 38.4854L21.5156 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-18ow4sz e1drnplw2\">\n<div aria-labelledby=\"modal-title\" role=\"region\">\n<header class=\"css-1bzlfz\">\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"css-1igvuto\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/header>\n<div class=\"css-uzyn7p\">\n<div class=\"css-1vxywau\">\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">Inside the $1.8 Billion MAGA Payout Fund<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">Americans should be cleareyed about what President Trump is doing: He is taking $1.8 billion worth of taxpayer money and rewarding loyalists willing to defy the law and commit violence. The Times editorial board explains in this video.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<dl class=\"css-p98d0w\">\n<dt class=\"css-xx7kwh\"\/>\n<dd class=\"css-4gvq6l\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">$1.8 billion. That\u2019s $1.8 billion of your tax dollars potentially going into a slush fund to reward President Trump\u2019s loyalists. \u201cDesigned to provide payments to Americans who claim to be victims of what he describes as government weaponization.\u201d In one-dollar bills, that would stack more than 100 miles. And if it were split evenly among the Jan. 6 rioters, each one would receive more than $1 million. The administration says it\u2019s just \u2014\u2014 \u201cReimbursing people that were horribly treated \u2014\u2014\u201d \u201cCompensating Americans for the lawfare that we saw under the last administration.\u201d That is false. The American people should be furious that Trump\u2019s allies could get paid a pile of tax money that\u2019s around the amount that the president cut from health research last year. This is the opinion of the New York Times editorial board. So how did this slush fund come to be? Earlier this year, Donald Trump, the individual, sued the I.R.S. over the leaking of his tax returns from his first term. But because Donald Trump, the president, oversees the I.R.S., the negotiation was essentially a battle between his personally hired lawyers and his federally appointed lawyers. But the negotiations still went through because Trump\u2019s Justice Department was in charge. And because Trump\u2019s Justice Department was in charge, the final deal was extremely favorable to him. In addition to the slush fund for his supporters, Mr. Trump and his family seem to be off the hook from all ongoing tax payment audits, too. This means that the $100 million he could have potentially owed from questionable accounting maneuvers is now down to 0. So one more thing we should worry about is the person appointing the board of overseers, who decides who gets all this money: Todd Blanche. He\u2019s not only a Trump loyalist, he also used to be his personal lawyer. So while JD Vance claims \u2014\u2014 \u201cRepublicans can apply for it, Democrats can apply for it. It\u2019s going to go through a normal process where we vet everything.\u201d The American people actually cannot trust the administration to manage this money, because it\u2019s not being decided by someone who\u2019s impartial to the president and his agenda. Not to mention that Trump can fire anyone on the board. The other thing that\u2019s essential to understand is that if the fund goes through, it will be another step toward rewriting the history of the Jan. 6 riot. One of Trump\u2019s first moves at the beginning of his term was to pardon more than 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol. This slush fund is a reward from the federal government to the very people who attacked the federal government when they stormed the Capitol. The American people should be deeply worried that this fund incentivizes future lawlessness from Trump and his allies. Trump is showing that he will use his power to protect people who break the law on his behalf, and even reward them for it.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"css-jgknzh\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-vabf4\">\n<div class=\"css-1331l0f\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-wkvudm\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.2.48-CnxAEwcy.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.2.48-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.2.48-BdueiXaE.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/05\/22\/arts\/FEED_TRUMP-SLUSH-FUND-ED-BOARD\/FEED_TRUMP-SLUSH-FUND-ED-BOARD-jumbo.png?auto=webp&amp;quality=75\" data-testid=\"betamax-poster\" sizes=\"(width &lt; 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The Times editorial board explains in this video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By The Editorial Board and Stephanie Shen<\/p>\n<p>May 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: Inside the $1.8 Billion MAGA Payout Fund transcript Back transcript Inside the $1.8 Billion MAGA Payout Fund Americans should be cleareyed about what President Trump is doing:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":863,"featured_media":8997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[295,1540,3676,57,9493],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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