Hickenlooper Moves To Block Tina Peters From Trump Compensation Fund

By Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper plans to force Republicans to vote on an amendment aimed at prohibiting the Trump administration from sending money to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and others convicted of crimes that affected elections or election equipment from a $1.8 billion fund created to compensate allies of the GOP president who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted.

The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” of $1.776 billion is part of a settlement that resolves President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. It will allow people who believe they were targeted for prosecution for political purposes, including by the Biden administration Justice Department, to apply for payouts, creating what acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called “a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.”

The Colorado Democrat’s amendment was to be voted on late Thursday or early Friday as the U.S. Senate was set to debate a roughly $70 billion bill brought by Republicans to restore funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. But that vote appears to have been postponed until June after a two-hour meeting on Thursday between Senate Republicans and Blanche, according to the New York Times.

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