“There's been numerous other occasions over the years” when the federal government created a reserve similar to a new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund.”
What PolitiFact found
In announcing a new $1.776 billion fund to compensate people the Trump administration says were victims of judicial "weaponization," the Justice Department said a 2011 legal settlement involving Native American farmers provides precedent. The 2011 settlement differs from the new fund in at least four ways: It had more specific standards for receiving compensation; significant judicial oversight; a smaller dollar amount for a potentially larger group of beneficiaries; and a more standard proce...
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In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 18 May 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 May 2026, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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