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May 21, 2026 by George Bounacos

DC Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges crushed in a US Capitol doorway by rioters on January 6, 2021

Officer Daniel Hodges of the DC Metropolitan Police was crushed in a US Capitol doorway on January 6, 2021, by rioters eligible to claim from Trump's new $1.776 billion fund. (Public domain)

Two January 6 officers sued Donald Trump Wednesday to block his $1.776 billion fund for the rioters. Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the Anti-Weaponization Fund violates the 14th Amendment. Ratified after the Civil War, Section 4 bars the federal government from paying debts “incurred in aid of insurrection.” Their complaint calls the fund “the … Read more