'Like Al Capone negotiations': How judges could block payments to J6 insurrectionists
Legal analysts are trying to figure out a way to stop the Justice Department from giving millions in cash to Jan. 6 attackers who got pardons thanks to President Donald Trump.
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So, the idea that Todd Blanche is engaged in anything at arm's length around Jan. 6 is like saying Al Capone and Frank Nitti were involved in arm's-length negotiations," Epner continued, citing the infamous mob boss (Capone) and his right-hand man (Nitti).
In the end, Epner thinks that with a creative judge, the case doesn't make it past the first court. It would then be appealed, likely all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. That would likely take longer than Trump has in the White House, and another attorney general could refuse a settlement and require a full trial.
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