The $1.8 billion fund would improperly benefit Jan. 6 rioters and violates constitutional restrictions.

On Wednesday, police officers attacked during the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol filed a lawsuit to stop U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to create a US$1.8 billion fund to help victims of “lawfare,” calling it an “act of presidential corruption.”

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Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges argue that Trump intends to benefit people who organized and participated in the riots.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, argues that the fund announced by Trump violates the 14th Amendment’s prohibition on the use of federal money to “pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of any insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

The fund has become the subject of controversy because it is intended to compensate Trump allies who were allegedly victims of abuses by prosecutors.

Among the plaintiffs are some of the best-known police officers who confronted Jan. 6 rioters during the attack on the Capitol.

Video of Hodges screaming while being crushed by protesters became one of the most recognizable images of the event, and Dunn confronted demonstrators and later testified that he received numerous racist insults.

In addition, Dunn is running for Congress in a highly competitive race in which he is seeking the Democratic nomination in Maryland.

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Source: EFE

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