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Trump admin abandons $1.8 bn fund to compensate supporters
Trump admin abandons $1.8 bn fund to compensate supporters
WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The Justice Department on Tuesday dropped a contentious plan to create a $1.8 billion compensation program that critics had denounced as a "slush fund" for President Donald Trump's political allies.
Trump team abandons US$1.8 billion ‘slush fund’ to compensate supporters
Trump team abandons US$1.8 billion ‘slush fund’ to compensate supporters
The US Justice Department on Tuesday dropped a contentious plan to create a US$1.8 billion compensation programme that critics had denounced as a “slush fund” for President Donald Trump’s political allies.
“We are not moving forward with the fund,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said during testimony before a House committee.
The about-face is a setback for one of Trump’s most divisive second term initiatives, which had drawn criticism from Democrats, legal experts and numerous Republicans...
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2×The US Justice Department dropped a plan to create a $1.8 billion compensation program for President Donald Trump's political allies.
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bangkokpost“The Justice Department on Tuesday dropped a contentious plan to create a $1.8 billion compensation program that critics had denounced as a "slush fund" for President Donald Trump's political allies.”
scmp“The US Justice Department on Tuesday dropped a contentious plan to create a US$1.8 billion compensation programme that critics had denounced as a "slush fund" for President Donald Trump’s political allies.”
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said, "We are not moving forward with the fund."
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“a contentious plan”
→ a plan
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“critics had denounced as a "slush fund"”
→ critics had described it as a fund for political allies
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“a contentious plan”
→ a plan
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“critics had denounced as a "slush fund"”
→ critics had described it as a fund for political allies
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“The about-face is a setback for one of Trump’s most divisive second term initiatives”
→ The decision to drop the fund represents a change in position on a Trump initiative
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“which had drawn criticism from Democrats, legal experts and numerous Republicans”
→ the plan had been criticized by Democrats, legal experts, and some Republicans