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January 6 defendants are filing claims for money, drawing criticism that federal resources are being diverted to insurrectionists. Former Vice President Mike Pence called the fund deeply offensive.
January 6 defendants are filing claims to the Trump-backed fund intended to provide legal support to people prosecuted under what Trump calls 'weaponization' of the justice system. Mike Pence called the fund deeply offensive, and the move is drawing sharp criticism that federal resources are being funneled to insurrectionists.
The core issue is straightforward: January 6 defendants are treating themselves as victims of government overreach rather than as people who stormed the Capitol. Whether that framing holds legally depends on the fund's actual terms, but politically it's a direct test of whether Trump will use his financial backing to absorb legal costs for participants in the riot. If the fund pays out, it becomes a public subsidy for January 6 defendants, which Pence's criticism shows is radioactive even within Trump's own orbit.
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