- United States
- Ariz.
- Letter
Congress must immediately block the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" before a single dollar moves. This is not a legitimate settlement — it is an unconstitutional appropriation of taxpayer money, dressed up in legal language to bypass the one institution with the power to authorize spending: Congress. Article I of the Constitution gives you that power, not the White House.
The administration is framing this as a settlement of Trump's personal lawsuit against the IRS, but a lawsuit outcome cannot override the Appropriations Clause. There is no congressional authorization for this fund, no designated recipients, and no oversight mechanism. That is the definition of a slush fund. Taxpayers deserve to know where $1.776 billion of their money is going, and right now the answer is: wherever the executive branch decides, with zero accountability.
This is exactly the kind of constitutional overreach Congress exists to check. Hold hearings, pass a resolution of disapproval, or use the power of the purse to freeze disbursement — but act now. Silence is complicity.