Top Treasury Lawyer Quits as Trump Creates $1.8 Billion Slush Fund (opens in new tab)

The U.S. Treasury’s highest ranking lawyer quit just hours after President Trump announced his Anti-Weaponization Fund—a brazen attempt to dole out $1.8 billion of taxpayer money to his allies, supporters, and himself. Treasury General Counsel Brian Morrissey resigned shortly after the fund was approved on Monday, according to The New York Times. Morrisey has yet to publicly comment. He served for only seven months. The fund—created by Trump in exchange for his dropping of his $10 billion law...