What Congress can and can’t do to rein in Trump’s $1.8 billion payout fund

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Publish Date:
May 30, 2026
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The Washington Post
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Duncan Hosie
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Congress could also reimpose caps on payments from the Judgment Fund or restrict the ability to distribute money through the separate commission that is being created to oversee the fund, said Duncan Hosie, an academic fellow at Stanford Law School’s Constitutional Law Center. He added that Congress could also require the funds only cover settlements that have been approved by a federal judge.

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