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‘Corruption on steroids’: Trump drops tax office lawsuit in return for $2.5b ‘slush fund’

The settlement will create an “anti-weaponisation fund” to compensate people who claim to have been victims of US government lawfare, possibly including those convicted over the January 6 riots, stunning his Democrat opponents.

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‘Corruption on steroids’: Trump drops tax office lawsuit in return for $2.5b ‘slush fund’The settlement will create an “anti-weaponisation fund” to compensate people who claim to have been victims of US government lawfare, possibly including those convicted over the January 6 riots, stunning his Democrat opponents.
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