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SECRET Provision of Bill TO PAY MAGA Senators $500K?!?

2025-11-11 News & Politics
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GOP Senators Insert $500,000 Lawsuit Provision Against DOJ Over Metadata Access During Jan. 6 Probe

Discover how eight Republican senators are attempting to secure $500,000 payouts each by leveraging a provision in the government spending bill concerning metadata searches conducted during the January 6 investigation.

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  • Senators seek major statutory damages for lawfully accessed phone metadata related to the Jan. 6 probe.
  • The provision applies retroactively, mandating a minimum $500,000 award per instance if the senators prevail.
  • Legal analysis confirms the data access was part of an investigation into Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election.

This segment breaks down a controversial legislative maneuver granting specific senators the right to sue the Justice Department retroactively for obtaining phone records while Jack Smith investigated efforts to subvert the 2020 election.

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Buried in the spending bill to reopen the government, a provision lets eight GOP senators sue the Donald Trump-controlled Justice Department for $500,000 apiece because prosecutors accessed their phone metadata during the Jan. 6 investigation. Jack Smith was investigating Trump and Rudy Giuliani's outreach to Congress members as part of Trump's effort to subvert and defraud the 2020 presidential election. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News breaks it down. All Rise News: https://www.allrisenews.com/ https://x.com/AllRiseNews https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qreqgceochjnniqhr4osqye5 Adam's Socials: https://x.com/klasfeldreports?lang=en https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595

Top Comments (10)

@yolandasharp8282 2025-11-11

These senators need to be jailed!

663 10 replies
@lupegutierrez-ol8wi 2025-11-11

Prosecute them for extortion.

501 7 replies
@AldenRogers 2025-11-11

Pure illegal corruption/bribery

480 5 replies
@HokieD1993 2025-11-11

American people are being robbed in broad daylight.

403 4 replies
@barrymantelli8011 2025-11-11

Any Senator that takes this deal needs to face expulsion at minimum.

337 2 replies
@michaeldallas-z1y 2025-11-11

COMPLETE TOTAL CORRUPTION IN THIS COUNTRY

320 1 replies
@suzannerichardson2944 2025-11-11

Republicans suing the government because they committed an insurrection is so sickening. This country is a joke.

203 2 replies
@BlackSheep-0044 2025-11-11

If these senators were complicit in the J6 insurrection, they should be charged with treason.

69 1 replies
@johnhopkins6260 2025-11-11

Looting is a common manifestation of empire in demise.

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@lindamhubsch4153 2025-11-11

They all need to be impeached

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