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Dick Durbin: Who would be eligible for any part of the $1.8 billion fund? People like Brandon Fellows… He was pardoned by President…

On the recordJune 4, 2026
Who would be eligible for any part of the $1.8 billion fund? People like Brandon Fellows… He was pardoned by President Trump, with a full and unconditional presidential pardon, for being one of the January 6 insurrectionists who was convicted and sentenced on felony and misdemeanor charges for climbing an exterior wall of the Capitol, entering the building through a broken window.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questions eligibility for the slush fund.

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