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Attorney General Todd Blanche refused to rule out the idea that Jan. 6 rioters could be paid by President Donald Trump’s administration.<\/p>\n

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During a Sunday appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Blanche was pressed by host Kristen Welker on whether the Trump administration would pay Jan. 6 rioters. Blanche has repeatedly said that the anti-weaponization fund, which critics worried would pay Jan. 6 rioters, is dead, but Welker asked if they could still get payments.<\/p>\n

“You’re saying you’re not ever reviving it, but just to be very clear, can you guarantee that under your Department of Justice, anyone who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 will not receive one dime of taxpayer money if they file a claim against the federal government?”<\/p>\n

“Anybody can file a claim against the federal government,” Blanche said. “I’m not going to sit here on a news program and say whether a litigation that may or may not happen will result in money. I can’t do that.”<\/p>\n

He then laid out a separate process through which Jan. 6 rioters could file a claim.<\/p>\n

“There’s a process that has been in place for decades for somebody that has been or a tort’s been committed against them can seek redress,” Blanche said. “Beyond that, I’m not going to comment.”<\/p>\n

Welker pressed Blanche for a clear answer on whether he would rule out the possibility of Jan. 6 rioters getting payments, which his answer sidestepped.<\/p>\n

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“So potentially they could get paid under another stream of government funding?” she asked.<\/p>\n

“Well, I don’t know,” Blanche said. “Anybody who sues the federal government could get paid…I’m not going to comment on a hypothetical case.”<\/p>\n

Politico legal reporter Josh Gerstein quickly called out the non-answer in a post on X, and the Department of Justice responded via its DOJ Rapid Response account.<\/p>\n

“Come on, Josh\u2014 you know better!” the DOJ wrote. “The Judgment Fund has been in place for decades…claims are made each day, on any number of issues.”<\/p>\n

It added, “It is completely unrelated to the dead [anti-weaponization] Fund. Even democrats have said repeatedly that the avenue for relief is the Judgment Fund.”<\/p>\n

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