{"id":111764,"date":"2026-06-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/04\/justice-department-eyes-alternative-weaponization-payouts-after-fund-pushback-wsj\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:00:00","slug":"justice-department-eyes-alternative-weaponization-payouts-after-fund-pushback-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/04\/justice-department-eyes-alternative-weaponization-payouts-after-fund-pushback-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department Eyes Alternative \u2018Weaponization\u2019 Payouts After Fund Pushback &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQWVJqRF9TQUpDNE8yRjNYSE03UHhoeEh5OHNWMnRXbFVVTFo3RDhPQ3JtMkVGaW92Vk03TFhHODZOUnlQVkhJSUNYQkVUNU5tYjltdWtGOW5MNGxLY1hBSnNiV2JlcGRRTHc3S2F4NGZ0NHVsc0FwdU03eW1hTlczUFFkYlJRM2xjS1I4ZnNMT1lOOWc4VGNYamlaaW4wc09KbVo1LU03d0hEZHRWRUhBeW1KNEIxRk5OaVF1WU5Iaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Department Eyes Alternative \u2018Weaponization\u2019 Payouts After Fund Pushback<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNZWdwb000dndvRGlFQTlRYTdUNlVrUmVaWWpyUnpMUExGdGZ1dlBDaTBaVGwtZk51OTFRN1lWSWplRjA2ZTZhSHFmS21kSEE3VTNVOXBUMDRESjZGOTJxTjRTVl9OSG5lZDFBcTZaNXdzRWY5YlFCWTFJQ3lHVmdIMlBsWDRhZnpra0EtN0JhWm5DN09MOWRYRmJwT2p4d2dVY3JTRk94T3RVUUHSAbABQVVfeXFMTU91b1VGaVdwdU1sUGF2ZWhudXlyT1V0TFJZVGtzdE1SVGYtYTBVUEo4YWQ0TGpOblEtUVFrQ1ZfZU5fMENKUVhzVk5PVTdqMVNxaC0yMkRzdld5LWw4Ymc2VWZhT2dPRFJGTHM2V3RqYWtURU5Yak1aUVZoUWlrZzVMVThKYVFEY3kxMUlIbkxvSkx3a2VOSEpkRk5Yd3Fob3I3WHRIcjhUVU95RlVGNEM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;They should be reimbursed&#8217;: Jan. 6 defendants still eyeing payouts, despite scrapped $1.8B fund<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ABC News &#8211; Breaking News, Latest News and Videos<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPM1ZnRG5CSlQwTTVqbDdKaG5ya0lHcG52bW1lUlYxR2xGajczc1RpcmJEWDFpdXl3MjFjU2xLNHU3V3NmeV9ZV19vY0E1dDVnZWNfcmFDWURJUUNia3RjV3FKM1BqN0ZTMWplZ2w5cFBQdS1veFRwZ3J6WE8zOURPRkFSMmJxdFJ2dGExV2dMdjdOeWx1cjhoSlAxUHYwTTlHcjc1Nw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump says he doesn\u2019t know whether the $1.8 billion payout fund is dead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNdTQ1SVJtTDFUaHNQZlEtRVVzNmxtb01CVFdndEN0VDZRRjZDX3FWZHBDUHdVZ19FbFA3RkkwWmNRMFVpdHBaRVIyTURRQ3F0S1k3bXVmeDRTVXFBQTJJVmlOdk5jQ2h5WV85VkduNFdDYUMydWNrOXM3TFFfODE0RTBfZ2xEWjFEZ3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFraud on the Court\u201d: Even as DOJ Drops $1.8B Settlement Fund, Judge Reopens Case over Collusion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Democracy Now!<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTFAwcDJUd1pWVXJyNTJkRGlQQkU1UmpRR3k1cnZTWGd1Z1d1bHJuMlBObV9hemNlY09pUUNpdWNaWC1oaGozdWlFV0tsbTlaaHljT2E3SHJyZk5JRkZsTUhOR1hobEVRVmQxNUlqRmhUS0huT2JwRFRKVA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump tells CNN he doesn\u2019t know if $1.8 billion fund is dead, calling it \u2018a beautiful thing\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Department Eyes Alternative \u2018Weaponization\u2019 Payouts After Fund Pushback&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ &#8216;They should be reimbursed&#8217;: Jan. 6 defendants still eyeing payouts, despite scrapped $1.8B fund&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &#8211;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/04\/justice-department-eyes-alternative-weaponization-payouts-after-fund-pushback-wsj\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}