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Elissa Slotkin: “The people who would decide how that money would be spent…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 07:53

This has hit with a lot of controversy here on Capitol Hill. Both Democrats And Republicans have deep concerns about it. The people who would decide how that money would be spent and who it would be given to is a five person committee that would largely be named directly by President Trump. And it's clear that he intends this money to go to people he thinks have been wronged, particularly people who were involved in January 6th and the violent riot here in the Capitol. (07:53–08:04)

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Asserts that a committee, mostly appointed by President Trump, would control the fund's distribution.

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