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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T12:59:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
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    "Politics",
    "Republicans",
    "Republican Party",
    "United States",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Department of the Treasury",
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  "textContent": "The U.S. Treasury’s highest ranking lawyer quit just hours after President Trump announced his Anti-Weaponization Fund—a brazen attempt to dole out $1.8 billion of taxpayer money to his allies, supporters, and himself.\n\nTreasury General Counsel Brian Morrissey resigned shortly after the fund was approved on Monday, according to _The New York Times_. Morrisey has yet to publicly comment. He served for only seven months.\n\nThe fund—created by Trump in exchange for his dropping of his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS—allows anyone who feels they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration to seek damages. This includes but is not limited to January 6 rioters, right-wing think tanks, and even the president’s own super PAC. And while he claims he “wasn’t involved in the whole creation of it,” Trump controls who sits on the board of the fund.\n\nThere’s also a massive disclaimer that states that once the funds are disbursed, his administration has “no liability whatsoever for the protection or safeguarding of those funds, regardless of bank failure, fraudulent transfers, or any other fraud or misuse.” The move preemptively dodges any future legal issues that may arise from awarding funds to people who went to jail for assault and sedition (and have committed other crimes since).\n\nThe outcry has been swift and widespread, with Senator Elizabeth Warren calling it an “insane level of corruption—even for Trump.” California Governor Gavin Newsom said it was “Waste, fraud, and abuse in the flesh.” Maybe those same feelings about this blatant self-enrichment scheme got to Morrissey.",
  "title": "Top Treasury Lawyer Quits as Trump Creates $1.8 Billion Slush Fund"
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