Todd Blanch, Acting Attorney General

Well, if you're just upset, you're not getting it done.

On the other hand, I think if you said to the American taxpayer that there is a horrible wrong committed by your government, and now you can apply and you can have your lawyer's fees back, you can be compensated for what you lost financially, what American would say, oh my gosh, that's terrible?

I mean, I very much disagree with the idea that the American taxpayer is indignant about the fact that a victim of weaponization, a victim who suffered, whether it was legal fees, lost a job, had their life turned upside down in a way that was not appropriate.

If it was appropriate, there should be no compensation.

And that's why we have five commissioners who will take a look at it.

But I do not think the American people have issues with that.

To the contrary, I think they do want their tax dollars spent on things like that.

Just to be clear, people that hurt police get money all the time, okay?

There's a process where if you believe you have your rights violated, you can apply for funds, you can sue, you can file a claim, you can go to court.

In some of those cases, the state, the government, the federal government settles those cases.

It's abhorrent.

to ever, ever touch a law enforcement officer, which is why anytime anybody does that and it's a federal officer, we'll prosecute them.

But that's a completely different question with whether an individual is allowed to apply for a claim, whether they'll get a claim.