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Trump is backing off a $1.7 billion Justice Department fund created to pay claims of political persecution, after Black advocates said it diverted reparations resources. Human Rights Watch accused the fund of weaponizing the justice system against perceived enemies.
Trump is backing away from a $1.7 billion Justice Department fund created ostensibly to compensate people claiming political persecution. The reversal came after Black advocates pointed out the fund was actually diverting resources meant for reparations. Human Rights Watch separately accused the fund of being weaponized against political opponents.
The retreat is telling. The fund was pitched as a remedy for people harmed by "political persecution," but in practice it appears to have been used to pay claims favoring the administration's political allies while redirecting reparations money. Once that actual use became public, the politics of defending it flipped. This is a live example of how government programs can drift from their stated purpose into something else entirely—and how that drift only stops when it becomes undeniable.
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