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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 784—CONDEMNING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN TRUMP V. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNDER WHICH $1,776,000,000 IN TAXPAYER MONEY MAY BE USED TO FINANCIALLY BENEFIT INDIVIDUALS WHO ASSAULTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON JANUARY 6, 2021, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS
POLITICAL ALLIES
Mr. DURBIN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
S. Res. 748
Whereas, on May 18, 2026, the Justice Department, Internal
Revenue Service, and personal counsel to President Trump
agreed to a settlement that requires the Federal Government
to establish a $1,776,000,000 “Anti-Weaponization Fund”;
Whereas the distribution of the $1,776,000,000 in the
“Anti-Weaponization Fund” will be determined by a panel of
5 members appointed by the Attorney General and eligible for
removal by the President “without cause”;
Whereas the panel described in the previous proviso “shall
have the power to determine its own procedures for
submitting, receiving, processing, and granting or denying
claims” and is not required to make those procedures public;
Whereas a document published by the Department of Justice
on May 19, 2026, and signed by Acting Attorney General Todd
Blanche further states the United States is “FOREVER BARRED
and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing” claims
against President Trump, “related or affiliated individuals
(including, without limitation, family or others filing
jointly),” or related companies and trusts;
Whereas, on May 19, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd
Blanche testified before the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies, and did not rule out using the “Anti-Weaponization
Fund” to make payments to individuals who attacked the
Capitol on January 6, 2021, including individuals who were
found guilty of assaulting law enforcement officers;
Whereas, at a May 19, 2026 press conference, Vice President
J.D. Vance similarly stated that the “Anti-Weaponization
Fund” could be used to make payments to individuals who
attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, including
individuals who were found guilty of assaulting law
enforcement officers;
Whereas Andrew Paul Johnson, who was pardoned by President
Trump for his criminal conduct on January 6, 2021, was
sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on 5
charges of child sex abuse after trying to keep his minor
victims silent by promising to share millions of dollars in
restitution he expected to receive from the Trump
Administration; and
Whereas, in addition to Andrew Paul Johnson, at least 20
other individuals who were pardoned by President Trump for
their criminal conduct on January 6, 2021, have since been
charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for, additional
crimes, including conspiracy to commit murder, production and
possession of child pornography, reckless homicide, burglary,
and online solicitation of a minor, but still may be eligible
to receive payments from the “Anti-Weaponization Fund”:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate condemns—
(1) the use of public monies to financially benefit
President Trump, his family, his associates, or his political
allies;
(2) the effort to provide immunity from prosecution for tax
crimes to President Trump, his family, his political allies,
affiliated individuals, and related companies and trusts; and
(3) providing payments to individuals who attacked the
Capitol on January 6, 2021, including individuals who
assaulted law enforcement officers.