Police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 sue over Trump settlement fund

Two police officers who defended the Capitol from a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021, are suing the administration over President Trump’s creation of a so-called anti-weaponization fund of nearly $1.8 billion.

The administration says the fund will help people who say the government unfairly investigated or prosecuted them. But in their lawsuit, the officers say it’s a “slush fund” to “finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence” in the president’s name. The administration is defending the fund.

Here & Now's Anthony Brooks speaks with Brendan Ballou, who is representing the officers. He’s the founder of the Public Integrity Project, a non-partisan organization that seeks to fight public corruption.