Michael Caputo, longtime Trump ally and veteran of his first administration, filed the inaugural claim from the DOJ's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund — seeking $2.7 million with no published eligibility criteria governing who qualifies.
Acting AG Todd Blanche admitted before a Senate subcommittee that the DOJ's $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund has no written eligibility rules, no independent oversight, and could compensate Trump campaign donors and January 6 convicts — administered by the president's own former defense lawy
Trump sued the IRS for $10 billion. His own Justice Department settled the case with $1.776 billion in public money, no independent oversight, and no public eligibility criteria — then handed his administration the keys to decide who qualifies.
The Justice Department is threatening states that won't provide DHS officers with undercover license plates, framing a demand for covert surveillance infrastructure as a constitutional mandate — with no court precedent to back the claim.
The DOJ served grand jury subpoenas on Wall Street Journal reporters over coverage of the Iran war. The target isn't a leaker — it's the press freedom to report on a war Congress never authorized.
The DOJ's push to reinstate firing squad executions isn't a logistical workaround for drug shortages. It's a deliberate choice to make state killing more visible — and to normalize the idea that government violence should look like punishment.
The House Intelligence Committee has handed DOJ documents involving former CIA Director John Brennan — the latest move in a documented pattern of deploying federal prosecutorial power against Trump's perceived critics.