DAVID MARCUS: He barely survived Biden lawfare, and now he deserves to get paid

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DAVID MARCUS: He barely survived Biden lawfare, and now he deserves to get paid

Michael Caputo says his family was crushed by legal fees and death threats during Russia collusion probes

By David Marcus Fox News

Published May 21, 2026 11:36am EDT

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Acting AG Blanche grilled at Senate hearing over compensation fund

Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifying before a Senate panel about a compensation fund for alleged victims of government weaponization on ‘Special Report.’

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Democrats are outraged again. This time, it is because the Department of Justice has set up a $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of the weaponization of the federal government as part of President Donald Trump’s settlement with the IRS over his own targeting by the agency.

This might mark the first time that the Democrats have ever sided with the government over alleged criminals, who they regularly coddle like swaddled babes. Obviously, it is only because we are talking about Republicans, not illegal immigrants.

Former Trump campaign official Michael Caputo arrives at the Hart Senate Office building to be interviewed by Senate Intelligence Committee staffers, on May 1, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

There is no better example than Michael Caputo, former spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services in the first Trump administration, whose life was........

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