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Trump’s $1.8B fund isn’t officially open yet. That hasn’t stopped applications.

Applications are already rolling into the Justice Department from hopefuls aiming for some of the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, even though the process can’t officially begin until commissioners are chosen to decide how the money is doled out.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives Thursday at the Capitol, where was expected to meet with Republican members of Congress to address concerns about the newly announced "anti-weaponization" fund.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives Thursday at the Capitol, where was expected to meet with Republican members of Congress to address concerns about the newly announced "anti-weaponization" fund.
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DOJ indicts Raúl Castro over fatal 1996 civilian planes’ shooting

The Justice Department indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro on Wednesday in connection to the 1996 shooting of two civilian planes that killed four Cuban Americans.

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Photos of Brothers to the Rescue pilots Carlos Costa, Amando Alejandre Jr., Mario de la Peña and Pablo Morales displayed at Florida International University.

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Some of the boats from the flotilla head for open waters in 1996 off Key West, Fla., carrying Cuban Americans to the site of the downing of two Brothers to the Rescue planes by Cuban fighters.
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DOJ official told GOP ally that big payouts were coming for Jan. 6 defendants

Months before the $1.7 billion fund was announced, Justice Department official Ed Martin said Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028.

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Supporters of President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Supporters of President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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