Andrew Duehren

And one of his main goals was obviously retribution against people and agencies that he saw as having been opposed to him the first time he was in office and while he was out of it.

And I think what this usage of the fund indicates is that now the Trump administration is making that next step from revenge to

compensation for President Trump's allies.

And some ethics experts and watchdogs are calling this the most corrupt act in American history.

Yes, exactly.

But I think there is a significant difference and advancement of that agenda in this prospect of directly paying people of essentially the president's choosing with taxpayer dollars.

There are

Almost no limits or controls on how this money will be used.

These people who will be selected by Todd Blanche, the president's former defense lawyer, will have seemingly total freedom to give money to whoever they deem is worthy of it and to give them as much money as they want.

And so this is a very aggressive and extraordinary use of the money that we, the American public, all pay on our taxes and that the government borrows on our behalf.

And it could go to simply whoever has been loyal to the president.

They could be cashing out to the tunes of thousands or tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

And so it's just a really radical and striking situation.

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