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A US district judge has thrown out the legal “settlement” underpinning Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters, ruling that it was never a genuine settlement, but an attempt to manipulate the court. “Even the headline number was for show: “the Fund amount—$1.776 billion—speaks of a ‘branding’ effort rather than a deliberate and thoughtful calculation of damages.”.. Even the headline number was for show: ‘the Fund amount—$1.776 billion—speaks of a ‘branding’ effort rather than a deliberate and thoughtful calculation of damages’… the fund’s legal basis rested entirely on the IRS settlement which Judge Williams found, was never real law to begin with. “She referred Trump’s lawyer Alejandro Brito to the Florida Bar & barred a second attorney, Daniel Epstein, from practising in her district.” https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/judge-pulls-the-plug-on-trumps-slush-fund-for-january-6-fascist-rioters/