{"id":462362,"date":"2026-05-22T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462362\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:19:08","slug":"stupid-on-stilts-trumps-investigation-compensation-fund-draws-ire-of-republicans-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462362\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Stupid on stilts&#039; &#8211; Trump&#039;s investigation compensation fund draws ire of Republicans &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE94aFZhRzgzRE5nbEF4SDFIQmF5aVdHRE5hMndVdXlzcTJiblJyVDZwa3Jod2sydlEzaTFudzZDejI4Snh2cTA0RE9VSUlyM2JXZkp1NnRqXzZhdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Stupid on stilts&#8217; &#8211; Trump&#8217;s investigation compensation fund draws ire of Republicans<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GOP senators press Blanche on &#8220;anti-weaponization fund&#8221; in tense meeting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxOMmZCUDE2b3BHZ1RuRkh2U3FOSHBMa1kzTlBFU0VwMlY5WlUxX3MtSHpMOEkzVDZNeGJGU1pHSnI0SlhaRktESGpIN1gxUTlHM3FhWlJ2OS1FTFVuelVFZm5tem9YTXNYSFpmRzU2M1VkQWtTbUtTUTVpY2ctT0F2QjNYYWJwQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Defenders of Trump\u2019s \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund are few. And they\u2019re struggling<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNeUp6Vk1nendOT3F2ak5nb3dwb1FERFVhWDFvMmZhWWhTV1VSRWZuY214aDIwcEpXUlBNaWg1UzVKcXozcEk1aDhYb3dJR0xBa1N4UTVHZ1lMWjNGOFNUTzdtY2VmbDBWYzk5MnRxSnhiNTZFc0FTNUxLQVpuZ1Naam1ITS1KSVhqWUpmMWdMYkhQRmVHbzk0c1hwUzcxYW5ycVBYd1RZZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Stupid On Stilts\u2019: GOP Senator Destroys Trump\u2019s &#8216;Anti-Weaponization&#8217; Fund<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HuffPost<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxPR185ZWw0d0lDYUxkRDd2M0FFWElsNTlnSk1paHZjQnNCRUZQQTdmZU9CM3dmT3JhSVBMRDk1R0VyZE1yRS1HblVleG9Wd0lZUXBtU3pXRjQ1cjhLQlFzMEhWRldpd3B0TWYydnJxZThPMDNISkZjMnEwUmM2NUU2WEhnOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion \u2018lawfare\u2019 fund is making Republicans nervous<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stupid on stilts&#8217; &#8211; Trump&#8217;s investigation compensation fund draws ire of Republicans&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCGOP senators press Blanche on &#8220;anti-weaponization fund&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-462362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}