Perhaps with everything going on in the Middle East and gasoline prices rising here at home, President Trump was hoping the settlement agreement entered into between the Trump family and the Department of Justice last week would attract little attention. Unfortunately for congressional Republicans seeking reelection, that wasn’t the case. The roughly $1.8 billion fund is purportedly intended to compensate victims of the Biden administration’s "weaponization" of the Justice Department, a cohort that apparently includes those convicted of crimes after storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
