Thune ‘not a big fan’ of Trump administration setting up a $1.8B compensation fund for MAGA allies
I’m not exactly sure how they would use it, but my understanding is that was just announced,” Thune told reporters Tuesday morning when asked about the fund. “But yeah, I don’t see a purpose for that.” Thune is one of a growing number of GOP senators who are reacting skeptically to the compensation fund, which could deliver payouts Trump supporters who were convicted of crimes after storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
- ▪I’m not exactly sure how they would use it, but my understanding is that was just announced,” Thune told reporters Tuesday morning when asked about the fund.
- ▪“But yeah, I don’t see a purpose for that.” Thune is one of a growing number of GOP senators who are reacting skeptically to the compensation fund, which could deliver payouts Trump supporters who were convicted of crimes after storming the
- ▪6, 2021, to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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News Thune ‘not a big fan’ of Trump administration setting up a $1.8B compensation fund for MAGA allies Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 05/19/26 11:38 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 05/19/26 11:38 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he’s “not a big fan” of the Trump administration’s decision to set up a $1.8 billion legal compensation fund for MAGA allies who were targeted by the Biden-era Department of Justice, questioning the “purpose” of the fund. “Not a big fan. I’m not exactly sure how they would use it, but my understanding is that was just announced,” Thune told reporters Tuesday morning when asked about the fund.
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