Line forming for Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, Blagojevich, Eastman among those eyeing payout

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Friday, May 22, 2026

John Eastman, a prominent conservative lawyer who advised President Trump on the 2020 election, is deciding whether to file a claim under the new Anti-Weaponization Fund set up to compensate victims of the Biden administration’s “lawfare.”

Mr. Eastman told “Seen, Heard & Whispered” that he wants to see details about the fund before deciding, but he said the idea to pay the victimized is solid.

“The simple fact is that the Biden administration weaponized law enforcement against its political enemies. It did so in collusion with numerous state prosecutors, bar disciplinary authorities and hyper-partisan, nongovernmental organizations,” he said. “These violations of federal constitutional rights should be the subject of lawsuits, and the weaponization fund looks like a mechanism by which the victims of those constitutional violations can begin to be made whole.”

Mr. Eastman was charged in a criminal case brought by Fani Willis, the prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, but that state case was dropped last year amid allegations of misconduct by Ms. Willis. Mr. Eastman has also been disbarred in California over his efforts to nullify the results of the 2020 election.

One Trump ally has already said he’ll apply for the money. Michael Caputo, an adviser to the 2016 Trump campaign, said he’ll request $2.7 million from the fund.

The Department of Justice created the fund as part of a settlement with Mr. Trump. He dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for leaking his tax information; in exchange, he will get an apology and the Justice Department created the $1.776 billion fund.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, says he might make a claim, “Seen, Heard & Whispered” has learned.

He went to prison after being convicted of trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat that then-President Obama vacated when he won the 2008 election. Mr. Blagojevich received clemency from Mr. Trump.