Trump team abandons US$1.8 billion โslush fundโ 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 โslush fundโ for President Donald Trumpโs political allies. โWe are not moving forward with the fund,โ Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said during testimony before a House committee. The about-face is a setback for one of Trumpโs most divisive second term initiatives, which had drawn criticism from Democrats, legal experts and numerous Republicans...