Trump is treating the public’s money like his personal piggy bank. The court must put a stop to his grift.
Trump is treating the public’s money like his personal piggy bank. The court must put a stop to his grift.
- Fri, May 29 2026 at 12:39 PM
Last week, CREW filed a lawsuit arguing that Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund is unconstitutional and violates multiple federal laws. But we couldn’t stop there.
If the government is allowed to deposit taxpayer dollars into this fund while the lawsuit is ongoing, it would deprive CREW and the public of critical information about how the fund is structured and where the money is going — and shut the public out of the legally required comment process.
That’s why CREW just filed for a restraining order to immediately halt the transfer of nearly $2 billion from the Treasury Department to President Trump’s secretive slush fund.
Again and again, Trump has acted illegally without regard for Congress, the courts or the public, and treated the public’s money like his personal piggy bank.
This slush fund is just the latest example.
Unlike legitimate victim compensation funds like the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Congress did not authorize Trump’s fund, nor was it the product of any judicially approved, arm’s-length legal settlement to a known class of plaintiffs.
Instead, it was the product of a collusive settlement orchestrated by Trump and the DOJ of his absurd $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.
It is unclear when the settlement money will leave the Treasury Department, to what kind of account it will be transferred and whether the fund is operating and preserving records as required by law.
That’s why it’s so important that there be immediate court action to prevent irreparable harm.
As Americans struggle financially, Trump is trying to route nearly 2 billion in taxpayer dollars to his friends and supporters—potentially including violent, already-pardoned insurrectionists—through an unconstitutional and secretive structure.
Despite what Trump may believe or desire, the president does not have the power to unilaterally and secretly send these taxpayer funds out the door.
The court must prevent this grift from happening before it’s too late.
CREW is committed to shutting down this slush fund. That’s why we moved quickly with our lawsuit and restraining order to stop taxpayer dollars from flowing into it.
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