川普設立17億美元「反武器化基金」,作為IRS訴訟和解的一部分,將賠償盟友
(SeaPRwire) - 川普政府於週一宣布設立 17 億美元的「反武器化基金」,以補償那些認為自己遭到拜登政府司法部不當對待的共和黨總統盟友。 司法部宣布此基金為解決總統唐納德·川普針對美國國稅局(IRS)洩露其稅務資料提起的法律訴訟所達成協議的一部分。 代理司法部長托德·布蘭查在聲明中宣布該基金時稱,這是一個讓遭受法律戰與武器化的受害者能夠發聲並尋求救濟的合法程序。 民主黨人及政府監督機構立即表示將抵制這項他們稱為「腐敗」且史無前例的解決方案,警告此舉將不公正地使用 taxpayer 資金去惠及總統身邊的人,並為毫無根據的政治迫害指控敞開大門。 川普的法律團隊在週一向佛羅里達州聯邦法院提交的文件中披露了案件被撤銷的消息;該案是總統今年稍早在此提起的訴訟。 這項基金的設立不僅代表一種高度非傳統的解決方式,也進一步展現了 administration 樂意獎勵那些在川普上任前曾遭調查、甚至被起訴定罪的支持者們。最值得注意的是,總統在他重返白宮的第一天就赦免或減刑了參與 2021 年 1 月 6 日衝擊美國國會大廈的抗議者。自那之後,他的司法部已批准向捲入川普—俄羅斯調查的支持者提供賠償金,同時調查並 prosecution 了一些他 perceived 的政敵。 「此案不過是利用 taxpayer 資金從財政部榨取 17 億美元,注入一個龐大的 funding slush fund 供司法部分配給川普的私人民兵——叛亂分子、暴動者以及白人至上主義者——包括那些在 2021 年 1 月 6 日 brutally beating police officers 的人,還有那些協助他 election-stealing schemes 的 sycophant accomplices。」眾議院司法委員會 highest-ranking Democrat 傑米·拉斯金在一份聲明中表示。 川普 attorneys suggested in their court filing seeking to dismiss the case that the resolution would not be reviewable by a judge. However, a group of 93 members of Congress filed a brief teeing up a challenge. 川普 long-running 的「武器化」 claims 尚不清楚誰將具體受益於該基金,但其設立反映了川普長期以來宣稱在拜登 administration 期間司法部已被 weaponized against him 的觀點。 他曾以此作為 proof:他在 first and second terms 之間面臨的 criminal charges——陰謀推翻他在 2020 年總統大選中 defeat 的結果,以及在佛羅里達州馬阿拉戈 estate 保留 classified documents——這些指控均已撤銷。他的 several aides 也曾被 prosecution, hundreds of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to halt the certification of election results on Jan. 6, 2021 同樣受到 prosecution。 梅里克·加蘭(Merrick Garland),曾在 Biden administration 擔任司法部長, repeatedly denied allegations of politicization,並強調他的 decisions followed facts, evidence, and the law。他的司法部 also investigated Biden for his handling of classified information,並 separately brought tax and gun prosecutions against Hunter Biden。 儘管如此,川普現時的司法部積極 pursuit his retribution campaign and grievances, prosecution 了一些他的 political opponents, initiating a wide-ranging investigation aiming to establish a years-long conspiracy between law enforcement and intelligence officials to destroy Trump's political prospects and keep him out of power。 No charges have been brought in that investigation, and it is not clear that any ever will be。 川普 lawsuit followed the leak of tax returns 川普 earlier this year filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court, alleging that a previous leak of his and the Trump Organization’s confidential tax records caused "reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs' public standing." The president's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are also named plaintiffs in the suit。 In 2024, former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn — who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, a defense and national security tech firm — was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to leaking tax information about Trump and others to two news outlets between 2018 and 2020。 The outlets were not named in the charging documents, but the description and time frame align with stories about Trump's tax returns in The New York Times and reporting about wealthy Americans' taxes in the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica。 The 2020 New York Times report found Trump paid $750 in federal income tax the year he first entered the White House, and no income tax at all some years, thanks to reported colossal losses。 In the first sign that a settlement was coming, lawyers for the president asked a federal judge last month to pause the case for 90 days while the two sides work to reach a settlement or resolution。 "This limited pause will neither prejudice the parties nor delay ultimate resolution," the filing in April said。 "Rather, the extension will promote judicial economy and allow the Parties to explore avenues that could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently." When asked in February how he would handle any potential damages from the case, Trump said, "I think what we'll do is do something for charity." "We could make it a substantial amount," he said at the time。 "Nobody would care because it's going to go to numerous very good charities." A group of lawyers wrote to the court this month, expressing concerns about whether the Justice Department was properly insulated from the president's control of the case。 Additionally, several ethics watchdog groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs challenging the president's lawsuit。 Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, an advocacy group that filed an earlier brief, said in response to the dismissal: "This case was always a sham, and another ploy by the President to access taxpayer funds to line his pockets." Perryman vowed that her group would continue to fight the settlement。本文由第三方廠商內容提供者提供。SeaPRwire (https://www.seaprwire.com/)對此不作任何保證或陳述。 分類: 頭條新聞,日常新聞 SeaPRwire為公司和機構提供全球新聞稿發佈,覆蓋超過6,500個媒體庫、86,000名編輯和記者,以及350萬以上終端桌面和手機App。SeaPRwire支持英、日、德、韓、法、俄、印尼、馬來、越南、中文等多種語言新聞稿發佈。
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