2026年5月20日 美国东部时间晚上7:10 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：宝拉·里德、凯西·甘农、德文·科尔
更新于2026年5月20日 美国东部时间晚上7:29
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/politics/paula-reid-step-aside-with-blanche-hdfr
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在接受CNN采访时为针对政府盟友的赔偿基金辩护
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周三明确表示，即将成立的委员会在审查反武器化基金的申请时，将把2021年1月6日袭击执法人员的骚乱者的行为纳入考量因素。
“委员会委员必须考量的因素之一是申请人的所作所为——申请人的行为，”布兰奇周三在接受CNN记者宝拉·里德采访时表示，“申请人如果说‘我袭击了警察，我想要钱’。”
“委员会是否会给这个人——这位申请人——拨款，这由他们决定。但这是他们必须考量的因素之一，”他补充道，并表示特朗普“绝不支持袭击执法人员”。
布兰奇在接受CNN采访时表示，他无法完全排除那些暴力袭击警员的人提出申请的可能性，称这最终由委员会决定。
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/politics/paula-reid-step-aside-with-blanche-hdfr
代理司法部长布兰奇在CNN采访中为针对特朗普盟友的赔偿基金辩护
代理司法部长布兰奇在CNN采访中为针对特朗普盟友的赔偿基金辩护。
“所以，委员会是否会给这个人——这位申请人——拨款，这由他们决定，”他说。
此番言论发表之际，民主党人和其他人士担忧，如果那些参与1月6日国会山袭击事件的人仅需证明自己曾被司法部起诉，就能获得这笔巨额纳税人资金的广泛使用权限。
其中一些人——包括当日实施暴力行为的人——已经在向政府索要数百万美元，CNN本周三早些时候报道称，他们中的许多人正尽可能快地准备提交该基金的索赔申请。
布兰奇的此番言论是司法部迄今为止对该基金申请流程最明确的解释。
该基金将由一个委员会管理，委员会成员由特朗普任命的司法部长挑选，总统可随时将其免职。五名委员中的一名将“经国会协商”任命，但目前尚不清楚该协商将采取何种形式，也不清楚司法部长将在多大程度上遵守这一协商结果。委员们将不会获得服务报酬。
布兰奇在接受CNN采访时表示，他认为“不必非得富有”才能担任这份无薪职务，并对自己能找到合适的委员会成员表示乐观。
“我认为有很多行业——行业里有非常聪明的人——能够胜任这类工作，”他说，“他们会是聪明人，能够理解你所提及的政治敏感性。”
“自我们宣布这一计划以来，已经有很多人申请了，但等我们准备好宣布委员会成员名单时，我们会告知大家，”他补充道。
这位司法部长还试图打消人们对申请人可能从该基金获得过高赔偿的担忧，称“这不是一个‘你会因此致富’的流程”。
“每当有大量潜在受害者需要获得赔偿时，总会设立索赔程序，”他说，“这并不意味着所有受害者都会因为设立了索赔程序而致富，这只是意味着有一笔资金被预留出来了。”
本故事已补充最新报道内容。
Acting AG insists rioter violence will be considered by new anti-weaponization fund commission
May 20, 2026 7:10 PM ET / CNN
By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, Devan Cole
Updated May 20, 2026, 7:29 PM ET
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/politics/paula-reid-step-aside-with-blanche-hdfr
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defends compensation funds for administration’s allies in an interview with CNN
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made clear Wednesday that the conduct of January 6, 2021, rioters who attacked law enforcement will be factored when the soon-to-be-set-up commission reviews applications to the anti-weaponization fund.
“One of the factors the commissioners have to consider is what the claimant did — the claimant’s conduct,” Blanche told CNN’s Paula Reid in an interview Wednesday. “The claimant would have to say, ‘I assaulted a cop and I want money.’”
“Whether the commissioners will give that person money – that claimant – it’s up to them. But that’s one of the factors they have to consider,” he continued, adding that Trump “does not stand for assaulting law enforcement.”
Blanche told CNN, said he couldn’t fully rule out the possibility that someone who was violent toward officers, saying it was up to the commissioners.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/politics/paula-reid-step-aside-with-blanche-hdfr
Acting Attorney General Blanche defends compensation fund for Trump allies in CNN interview.
Acting Attorney General Blanche defends compensation fund for Trump allies in CNN interview.
“So, whether the commissioners will give that person money, that claimant, it’s up to them,” he said.
The comments come as Democrats and others have raised concerns that individuals who took part in the attack on January 6 will have broad access to the massive pot of taxpayer dollars if they simply show they were prosecuted by the Justice Department in the past.
Some of those people — including ones who acted violently that day — have already been seeking millions from the government, and CNN reported earlier Wednesday that many of them were looking to submit claims to the fund whenever possible.
The comments from Blanche represent the Justice Department’s clearest explanation thus far of how the application process for the fund would work.
The fund will be run by a commission whose members are chosen by Trump’s attorney general and who can be fired by the president at any time. One of the five members will be chosen “in consultation” with Congress, though it’s unclear what the counsel will look like or how closely the attorney general will adhere to it. The members won’t be paid for their service.
Blanche said in his interview with CNN that he didn’t think “you have to be wealthy” to serve in the unpaid role and expressed optimism that he’ll find suitable people to be on the commission.
“I think that there’s a lot of professions — really smart people in professions — that can handle work like this,” he said. “They’re going to be smart people. They’re going to be people that understand the political sensitivities that you’re raising.”
“We’ve had a bunch of people apply since we announced this, but that’s something that when we’re ready to announce who the commissioners are, we will let you know,” he added.
The attorney general also attempted to dispel any concern that claimants may receive exorbitantly high payouts from the fund, saying that “This is not a ‘you’re going to get rich’ process.”
“There’s claims processes set up all the time when there’s large numbers of potential victims that that are going to be compensated,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that that all those victims get rich because there’s a claims process put up. It just means that there’s money that’s set aside.”
This story was updated with additional reporting.
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