There’s no shortage of questions surrounding the Trump administration’s controversial new $1.776 billion fund. White House friends and foes alike have wondered aloud about who’ll receive taxpayer-financed checks, who’ll administer the project and whether there will be any congressional or judicial oversight.

But there’s another question hanging overhead: Is the so-called anti-weaponization fund even legal?

A familiar figure intends to find out. On Wednesday morning, former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, perhaps best known to much of the public for his testimony to the bipartisan Jan. 6 committee, filed a lawsuit with the Public Integrity Project seeking to invalidate the Republican administration’s fund, claiming that it emboldens violence against police and rewards sedition.

Another officer, Daniel Hodges, who also defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, joined Dunn in bringing the lawsuit.

MS NOW’s Britt Miller spoke to Dunn about the lawsuit and this week’s developments. The decorated officer said:

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Steve Benen

Steve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”

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