{"id":345356,"date":"2026-05-21T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-or-who-is-trumps-1-776b-fund-really-for-debate-roundup\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:00:10","slug":"what-or-who-is-trumps-1-776b-fund-really-for-debate-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-or-who-is-trumps-1-776b-fund-really-for-debate-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"What (or who) is Trump&#8217;s $1.776B fund really for? | Debate roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Qb542D77DgE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What (or who) is Trump's $1.776B fund really for? | Debate roundup\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qb542D77DgE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The unprecedented lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against the Internal Revenue Service over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns years ago has led to an unprecedented arrangement that will make nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer funds available to allies of the president who say they were unfairly investigated by the government in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d and the agreement the IRS can\u2019t bring claims against Trump, his family or businesses for past tax issues have immediately drawn criticism from Democrats, public interest groups and former government officials who say that Trump is using the levers of the government he controls to set up a vast piggybank for his supporters and protect himself.<\/p>\n<p>The panelists on CNN NewsNight, led by Sara Sidner, share a series of heated debates over the purpose of the fund.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 DOJ sets up $1.8B fund to compensate MAGA<br \/>\n1:03 &#8216;Are these reparations?&#8217;<br \/>\n5:49 Dr. Cornel West predicts how this all plays out<br \/>\n8:17 Fmr GOP Rep: Trump &#8216;is going about this all wrong&#8217;<br \/>\n10:40 DOJ &#8216;forever&#8217; bans IRS from auditing Trump tax returns<br \/>\n14:20 &#8216;We all know this is b******t, okay?&#8217;<br \/>\n17:06 Slush funds: Biden vs Trump<\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #NewsNight #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unprecedented lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against the Internal Revenue Service over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns years ago has led to an unprecedented arrangement that will make nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer funds available to allies of the president who say they were unfairly investigated by the government in the past. 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