2026-06-12T17:29:32.029Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/politics/anti-weaponization-fund-debanking-probe-trump
据了解内情的人士透露，美国司法部一项调查——针对美国几家大型银行是否出于政治原因注销2021年国会山骚乱涉案被告及其他人员的账户——曾被提交给特朗普政府，作为支持其补偿总统所称的武器化受害者行动的一种方式。
据熟悉此事的人士称，总统的一些盟友近几个月来曾向政府官员提议，可将该银行账户注销调查可能获得的任何和解资金，用于补偿总统认为因参与1月6日袭击而遭受经济损失的特朗普支持者。
据知情人士透露，该想法只是讨论过的众多筹资机制之一。
本月早些时候，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇放弃了设立近180亿美元基金的计划，该基金原本是唐纳德·特朗普总统撤销对美国国税局就2019年其税务记录泄露提起的诉讼协议的一部分。尽管两党都反对该基金——最初计划由美国财政部提供资金支持——但特朗普表示，他并未放弃寻找途径补偿其所称遭到政府不公平 targeting 的支持者的想法。
据知情人士透露，旨在补偿那些认为自己受到司法部伤害的人的筹资机制的新版本，可能不会被称为“反武器化基金”，也可能不会由政府自身提供资金，但目标依然不变。
即便在正式基金的构想提出之前，那些认为自己遭到政府不当起诉的人就已经有权起诉政府并以和解形式获得赔偿。
据了解内情的人士称，包括美国银行、富国银行和摩根大通在内的多达10家银行，自去年以来一直是一项正在进行的调查的对象，该调查聚焦于所谓的对特朗普支持者和保守派的银行账户注销行为。
总统去年8月发布了一项行政命令，针对那些他所称“出于政治或宗教信仰或合法商业活动，限制守法个人和企业获得金融服务的不可接受行为”的银行。
近几个月来，哥伦比亚特区美国检察官珍妮娜·皮尔罗办公室的检察官发出的传票，是该政府有意寻求方式惩罚注销账户银行的最新迹象，这些账户包括属于总统本人和特朗普集团的账户。
据熟悉该调查的人士称，调查的重点是银行是否歧视保守派以及拜登政府不待见的行业，包括参与1月6日国会山袭击的人员。
皮尔罗表示，她的调查与“反武器化基金”毫无关系。
“为那些此前遭遇银行账户注销的人伸张正义，与其他任何事情都完全无关，”她在一份声明中告诉CNN。“美国民众理应拥有不会因他们的政治或宗教观点而取消其服务的金融机构。我们的传票在武器化基金被讨论之前九个月就已发出，这一事实凸显了这个问题的荒谬性。”
《华尔街日报》此前报道了皮尔罗办公室发出的传票。
“这种情况不应发生在共和党人身上，也不应发生在民主党人身上——任何人都不该遭遇这种情况，”皮尔罗的声明补充道。“我会查明真相。”
特朗普及其公司已分别对一些在2021年1月6日后终止业务关系的银行提起诉讼。
美国银行、摩根大通和富国银行均拒绝为本文置评。
据一位了解内情的人士透露，检察官正在调查银行的行为是否违反了多项法律，包括《金融机构改革、复苏和执法法案》，该法案允许对欺诈和其他违规行为处以经济处罚。
近几个月来，美国银行监管机构发布了新指南，取消了“声誉风险”的使用——特朗普政府的批评者称，该准则曾被用于注销总统支持者的银行账户——作为评估银行经营行为的一个因素。
本周在法庭上，司法部律师向联邦法官保证，政府不再推进上月宣布的相关计划。联邦法官理查德·里昂驳回了一个监督组织介入此事的请求，称“此案似乎已经没有实际意义”，但他警告政府：“别在本法庭面前装糊涂。”
这些银行此前也曾受到货币监理署的审查，该署去年12月发布初步调查结果，称九家大型银行“在提供金融服务时，不恰当地根据客户的合法商业活动对其进行了区分”。
货币监理署的审查是在特朗普的行政命令之后进行的，该命令称“2021年1月6日在美国国会大厦或其附近发生事件后，一些金融机构参与了针对参与通常与保守主义和政治右翼相关的活动和事业的人员的政府主导监视计划”。
货币监理署表示，其审查仍在进行中，这与皮尔罗办公室主导的调查相互独立。货币监理署的一位发言人没有立即回应置评请求。
Jan. 6 debanking probe once floated as way to pad anti-weaponization fund
2026-06-12T17:29:32.029Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/politics/anti-weaponization-fund-debanking-probe-trump
A Justice Department probe examining whether some of the nation’s biggest banks closed accounts of defendants charged in the 2021 Capitol riot and others for political reasons had been raised to the Trump administration as a way to support it’s efforts to compensate people the president claims were victims of weaponization, according to people briefed on the matter.
Some of the president’s allies in recent months have suggested to administration officials that any possible settlements from the debanking probe could be used to compensate Trump supporters who the president believes suffered financial harm because of their involvement in the January 6 attack, the people familiar with the matter said.
The idea was among other funding mechanisms discussed, according to people familiar with the matter.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche earlier this month backed off plans to set up a nearly $1.8 billion fund as part of an agreement under which President Donald Trump withdrew a lawsuit against the IRS over a 2019 leak of his tax records. Despite bipartisan backlash against the fund — which was initially supposed to be backed by the US Treasury — Trump has said he hasn’t abandoned the idea of finding a way to compensate his supporters who he claims were unfairly targeted by the government.
The next iteration of a funding mechanism to compensate people who believe they were harmed by the Justice Department may not be called the “anti-weaponization fund” — or be bankrolled by the government itself — but the goal remains the same, according to people familiar.
Even before the concept of a formal fund, people who believe they have been wrongly prosecuted by the government have the ability to sue the government and receive compensation in the form of settlements.
As many as 10 banks, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, are the subject of an ongoing probe since last year that has focused on so-called debanking of Trump supporters and conservatives, the people briefed on the matter said.
The president last August issued an executive order targeting banks that he said engaged “in unacceptable practices to restrict law-abiding individuals’ and businesses’ access to financial services on the basis of political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities.”
Subpoenas issued in recent months by prosecutors in District of Columbia US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office are the latest indicator of the administration’s interest in finding a way to punish banks for closing accounts, including those belonging to the president and the Trump Organization.
The probe is focused on whether banks discriminated against conservatives and industries disfavored by the Biden administration, including people who were involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, the people familiar with the probe said.
Pirro said that her investigation has nothing to do with the “anti-weaponization fund.”
“Bringing justice to those who have been previously debanked has absolutely nothing to do with anything else,” she told CNN in a statement. “The American people deserve financial institutions that won’t cancel them for their political or religious views. The absurdity of this question is reflected in the fact our subpoenas were issued nine months before the weaponization fund was even discussed.”
The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the subpoenas issued by Pirro’s office.
“This shouldn’t happen to Republicans, it shouldn’t happen to Democrats – it shouldn’t have happened to anyone,” Pirro’s statement added. “And I’m going to get to the bottom of it.”
Trump and his company have separately filed lawsuits against some banks who ended banking relationships after January 6, 2021.
Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo have declined to comment for this story.
Prosecutors are examining whether the banks’ conduct violated a number of laws including the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, which allows financial penalties for fraud and other violations, according to one person briefed on the matter.
US banking regulators in recent months have issued new guidelines removing the use of “reputation risk,” which Trump administration critics say were used to debank the president’s supporters, as a factor in assessing banking practices.
In court this week, Justice Department lawyers assured a federal judge that the government was no longer pursuing the program announced last month. Federal Judge Richard Leon rejected requests from a watchdog group to intervene in the matter, saying “This case appears to be moot,” though he warned the government: “Don’t play possum with this court.”
The banks previously were also scrutinized by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which in December issued a preliminary finding that nine major banks “made inappropriate distinctions among customers in the provision of financial services on the basis of their lawful business activities.”
The OCC review followed Trump’s executive order which said that “some financial institutions participated in Government-directed surveillance programs targeting persons participating in activities and causes commonly associated with conservatism and the political right following the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
The OCC has said that its review is ongoing, which is separate from the probe led by Pirro’s office. A spokeswoman for the OCC didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.