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 finances insurrectionists and paramilitary groups. The officers argue the fund, created by the Justice Department, benefits pardoned Jan. 6 rioters and could enable further violence, calling it a 'taxpayer-funded slush fund' and 'corrupt sham.'