Schiff targets compensation fund for Trump allies with 2 measures [View all]

Source: The Hill

05/26/26 4:46 PM ET


Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is expected to introduce two new pieces of legislation targeting payouts from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.

One piece of legislation would block the DOJ from issuing payouts from the fund to President Trump, Vice President Vance, members of Congress, congressional staff, political appointees, senior executive branch employees, and presidential campaign employees, according to Semafor.

The other bill aims to ban payouts from lawsuits filed by Trump and Vance retroactive to 2025, per the outlet.

“Trump’s multi-billion-dollar slush fund is the most brazen act of self-dealing corruption we’ve ever seen,” Schiff wrote in a Tuesday statement on the social platform X. “We need to shut it down before he uses it to pay cop beaters, cronies, and other criminals. I’m introducing legislation to stop it,” he added.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5896035-schiff-legislation-anti-weaponization-fund/

Trump's multi-billion-dollar slush fund is the most brazen act of self-dealing corruption we've ever seen.

We need to shut it down before he uses it to pay cop beaters, cronies, and other criminals.

I'm introducing legislation to stop it.
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...

— Sen. Adam Schiff (@schiff.senate.gov) 2026-05-26T17:03:56.461Z

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