A former Trump administration official and campaign aide, Michael Caputo, said Wednesday that he is filing a claim under the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recently created “anti-weaponization” fund, becoming the first person to publicly use the fund.
“The machinery of government was clearly politically weaponized against my family from July 2016 to December 2025,” Caputo wrote in a post on X, confirming he filed for compensation under the recently announced weaponization fund. “They found nothing; we lost everything.”
He also included a letter that he sent to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that said he was a target in the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation that sought to evaluate whether President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign had colluded with the Russian government….
Former Trump Official Files First Known ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Claim
