U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025. REUTERS Nathan Howard
The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch President Donald Trump’s secretive $1.7 billion “slush fund” for his allies, and sources tell ABC News that the name for the fund will be the "President Donald J. Trump Truth and Justice Commission."
Additionally, the fund is predicted to contain a compensation fund of $1,776,000,000 to pay claims made by people purporting to be victims of government "weaponization." This includes people involved in the attempted overthrow of U.S. democracy in Trump’s fake electors scheme in 2020.
ABC News reports the proposed deal is “likely to face legal hurdles,” but social media critics are already tearing into the proposal.
critics on social and has already been criticized by Democrats as a "slush fund" for Trump's allies -- arose after months of deliberations between the White House and DOJ officials who originally attempted to craft a legal justification for the settlement to compensate Trump directly.
“This plan is just root and branch unconstitutional: Trump and interim attorney General Todd Blanche are colluding to steal $1.7B from taxpayers to mete out to Trump's friends and thugs in Trump's sole discretion,” said Lawfare Senior Editor Roger Parloff on X.
“Straight-up looting taxpayer money,” howled Republicans Against Trump on X.
“Ah yes, demanding exactly $1.776 billion to fund the 'Truth and Justice Commission.' Because nothing says 'Patriotism' quite like weaponizing a historical date to secure an absolute bag of taxpayer cash,” said another critic on X. “George Washington is spinning so fast right now we could hook him up to the grid and solve the energy crisis.”
Other critics quickly referenced the Orwellian name of the commission, with one commenter on BlueSky calling the scheme “straight out of 1984,” a reference to George Orwell’s book.
Other critics said the commission name — bundled with Trump and Republicans’ other bad policies — would probably resurface after November.
“‘The President Donald J. Trump Truth and Justice Commission.’ I like the sound of that,” Bulwark writer Will Saletan. Liz Chaney can adopt that name when Democrats retake the House and she gavels in the commission to investigate the Trump administration's crimes.
