After the Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it was forgoing its proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for alleged victims of the Biden-era DOJ — including those convicted by juries for their participation in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) continued to voice his support for the measure and proposed a new “weaponization” fund.
Graham, who is running for re-election with Trump’s endorsement, wrote on social media: “While I appreciate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s statement that the proposed weaponization fund will not be moving forward, I am still of the firm belief that there are many victims of the weaponized Biden Justice Department throughout this country. To suggest nothing happened and that the Biden DOJ did not weaponize the law against Americans is inaccurate. However, creating a new system that is untested is problematic.”
While I appreciate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s statement that the proposed weaponization fund will not be moving forward, I am still of the firm belief that there are many victims of the weaponized Biden Justice Department throughout this country.
To suggest nothing…
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) June 2, 2026
Graham added: “Therefore, I am proposing that we create a weaponization fund that will be available to those who can prove their claim against the federal government through the Federal Tort Claims Act. We have a legal system already in place for people to make claims against the government. That does not need to be reinvented.”
Graham said, “it is imperative that we allow people with meritorious weaponization claims to come forward and receive compensation through this fund. We have to recognize there was a wrong that must be made right if you can prove your claim through the existing process.”
Veteran conservative attorney Gregg Nunziata, who served as policy counsel to the Senate Republican Policy Committee, as general counsel and domestic policy adviser to then-Sen. Marco Rubio, and in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, responded to Graham’s suggestion on social media, writing: “The servility of Senator Graham here is absolute, disgraceful, and disqualifying. He once thought January 6th was a breaking point with Trump, but now he wants to reward the lawbreakers. A sad man and an unserious public servant.”
The servility of Senator Graham here is absolute, disgraceful, and disqualifying. He once thought January 6th was a breaking point with Trump, but now he wants to reward the lawbreakers. A sad man and an unserious public servant. https://t.co/CLdtMwjipM
— Gregg Nunziata (@greggnunziata) June 2, 2026
[NOTE: Graham was among a group of Republican Senators that would have been able to sue the federal government for $500,000 each with claims they were improperly targeted by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith and the FBI when their communications records were reviewed as part of the investigation into January 6, 2021 and those in contact with the President on that day. The measure allowing those lawsuits to proceed was repealed by the House in a 427-0 vote.]