CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS

On May 18, 2026, the Trump Administration announced the formation of the so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” According to the Administration, the so-called “Fund” will distribute public money to people or entities claiming to be a past target or “victim” of “lawfare and weaponization” by government for “improper and unlawful political, personal, or ideological reasons.”[1] Claims will be made to a five member panel appointed by the U.S. Attorney General, but each member always having the current approval of the President.[2] The “Fund” and its panel of members will terminate “no later than December 1, 2028.”[3]

The so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is patently unconstitutional. The United States Congress, which has the overall power to enact legislation for the federal government,[4] has never enacted a law entitling so-called “victims of lawfare and weaponization” to damages from the public treasury. The President himself, and his Attorney General, who wield only the “executive power” of the federal government,[5] have no power to establish adjudicative tribunals.[6] The only tribunals with power to adjudicate claims arising under federal law are those tribunals, i.e., the courts-of-law, established within the separate judicial branch of the federal government.[7]

In my personal opinion, any Capitol Police Officer injured during the January 6, 2021, insurrection by rioters pardoned by President Trump, should have the power to bring a federal court lawsuit for fraud against the President, against the “Acting” Attorney General, of the United States who are responsible for the so-called ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund.” Surely, however, the President’s support, “aid,” and “comfort” that he now continues to extend to the January 6, 2021, rioters at the United States Capitol, proves him guilty of the crime of insurrection itself.[8]

/s/ Dan D. Rhea

[1] U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Press Release of May 18, 2026.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid.

[4] U.S. Const., Art. I, §1.

[5] U.S. Const., Art. II, §1.

[6] See U.S. Const., Art. I, §§1,8.

[7] U.S. Const., Art. III, §§1,2.

[8] See 18 U.S.C. §2383.