Jan. 6 police officers sue Trump over $1.77B ‘taxpayer-funded slush fund’

Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sued the Trump administration to block a $1.776 billion fund they claim would aid pro-Trump rioters. The officers allege the fund, controlled by Trump and the Justice Department, would finance insurrectionists and paramilitary groups. The lawsuit challenges the fund's creation alongside Trump's settlement of a $10 billion IRS lawsuit.