Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Finds Its First Shady Applicant (opens in new tab)

Donald Trump’s allies are racing to get a piece of his $1.8 billion slush fund.Michael Caputo served in the Trump administration during his first term as a campaign strategist and spokesperson at the Department of Health and Human Services, where he interfered with CDC findings on Covid. He is now seeking $2.7 million in damages from the government, claiming his life was upended after being investigated as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe in 2016.“I was the target of the ...