Mike Pence urges Trump admin to scrap $1.8B Jan-6 fund

Former Vice President Mike Pence has called on the Trump administration to abandon a newly created $1.8 billion government compensation fund, describing the possibility it could benefit participants in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack as "deeply offensive." Pence made the remarks in separate interviews on Sunday, arguing the fund is a "bad idea from the start."

The fund, established as part of a legal settlement, is intended to compensate individuals who claim they were unfairly targeted or prosecuted by the Department of Justice for political reasons. Administration officials have stated the fund would not provide money to the former president himself. However, the settlement has drawn scrutiny because some individuals involved in the Capitol riot, including those pardoned, could potentially seek payments by arguing they were improperly investigated.

Pence specifically objected to this possibility. "Its deeply offensive to me that you could have a fund that could even possibly compensate people who assaulted police officers or vandalized the Capitol on January 6th," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." He reiterated the point on CBS's "Face the Nation," adding, "I think that's...