{"id":604717,"date":"2026-05-20T12:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=604717"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:50:39","slug":"vance-says-hunter-biden-could-be-in-line-for-share-of-trumps-1-8-billion-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=604717","title":{"rendered":"Vance says Hunter Biden could be in line for share of Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President J.D. Vance pointed out that even Hunter Biden could benefit from the Justice Department\u2019s new \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, the vice president remarked that the media had \u201cmisrepresented\u201d the $1.8 billion fund that was set up to settle President Donald Trump\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. While Democrats have melted down over what they claim is a \u201cslush fund,\u201d the compensation is intended to go to those who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration \u2013 even the former president\u2019s own son.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy should taxpayers be paying to settle a $10 billion lawsuit that was brought by the president of the United States?\u201d Jonathan Karl of ABC News asked Vance in the White House briefing room.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd should people that attacked the Capitol building and assaulted police officers, should they be eligible? Should they receive money?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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KARL: Why should taxpayers be paying to settle a $10b lawsuit brought by the president? And should people who attacked police officers received money?<\/p>\n

JD VANCE: Anybody can apply for it. If Hunter Biden wants to apply, he\u2019s welcome to. pic.twitter.com\/sSoaqqOeMP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI think in some ways, the media has misrepresented what this is actually about,\u201d Vance replied. \u201cThis is about compensating Americans for the lawfare that we saw under the last administration. And by the way, anybody can apply for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans can apply for it,\u201d the VP continued. \u201cDemocrats can apply for it. As you know, the President of the United States has pardoned a number of Democrats whom he felt were actually subject to this lawfare. I mean, if Hunter Biden wants to apply for this particular fund, he is welcome to. It\u2019s gonna go through a normal process where we vet everything, where we try to identify whether people\u2019s claims are actually legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche also noted that the fund has zero partisan requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, whether you\u2019re Hunter Biden or another individual who believed they were a victim of weaponization, they can all apply to this fund. And again, it doesn\u2019t mean the commissioners will agree. It doesn\u2019t mean that they\u2019re getting $10 million, or whatever was just read a few minutes ago. It just means that you can apply,\u201d he told lawmakers during a Capitol Hill appearance.<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" JUST IN: AG Todd Blanche STUNS the Democrats by saying even HUNTER BIDEN could apply for the $1.7 billion anti-weaponization fund \u2014 if he wanted \"\ud83e\udd23\"<\/p>\n

It is NOT only for the allies of President Trump<\/p>\n

Blanche drops the mic: \u201cIt\u2019s not only for Trump\u2019s friends\u2026It\u2019s TRULY TELLING\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/QwDwfSSdtZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges in 2024, including three felony and six misdemeanor counts related to unpaid taxes. Biden was also convicted that year on three separate federal felony charges related to a firearm purchase while addicted to illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

By the end of the year, as his father was about to leave the White House, Biden received a sweeping pardon that covered any offenses he may have committed between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024. Hunter Biden was given a \u201cfull and unconditional pardon\u201d just before he faced sentencing on the convictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process, and it led to a miscarriage of justice \u2014 and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further,\u201d then-President Joe Biden said in a statement defending the pardon of his son. \u201cI hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vice President J.D. Vance pointed out that even Hunter Biden could benefit from the Justice Department\u2019s new \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund.\u201d Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, the vice president remarked that the media had \u201cmisrepresented\u201d the $1.8 billion fund that was set up to settle President Donald Trump\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. While Democrats have… Continue reading Vance says Hunter Biden could be in line for share of Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion fund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/604718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=604717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=604717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}