Jim Acosta on DOJ anti-weaponization fund: ‘Shouldn’t I be compensated?’
“[President] Trump seized my White House press pass back in 2018, violating my First and Fifth Amendment rights, all part of a sustained government effort to destroy my career,” Acosta wrote on his Substack. “Shouldn’t I be compensated?” Acosta’s entry on Substack is written to address Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and submit his claim for the fund. “Having been on the receiving end of some first-term Trump government weaponization, I think I have a pretty good case for some cold, hard ‘slush fund‘ cash,” Acosta wrote.
- ▪“[President] Trump seized my White House press pass back in 2018, violating my First and Fifth Amendment rights, all part of a sustained government effort to destroy my career,” Acosta wrote on his Substack.
- ▪“Shouldn’t I be compensated?” Acosta’s entry on Substack is written to address Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and submit his claim for the fund.
- ▪“Having been on the receiving end of some first-term Trump government weaponization, I think I have a pretty good case for some cold, hard ‘slush fund‘ cash,” Acosta wrote.
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Media Jim Acosta on DOJ anti-weaponization fund: ‘Shouldn’t I be compensated?’ Comments: by Ryan Mancini - 05/21/26 10:27 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ryan Mancini - 05/21/26 10:27 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Former CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta on Thursday questioned whether he should receive compensation from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “anti-weaponization” fund. “[President] Trump seized my White House press pass back in 2018, violating my First and Fifth Amendment rights, all part of a sustained government effort to destroy my career,” Acosta wrote on his Substack. “Shouldn’t I be compensated?” Acosta’s entry on Substack is written to address Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and submit his claim for the fund.
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