Ben Shapiro on Trump's agreement with his own DOJ: “I'm generally against slush funds, to be clear. ... However, many of the myths that you're hearing about it are overstated.”
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From the May 20, 2026, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show
BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): Now, Todd Blanche who's the interim AG, he says Democrats have been lying about the nature of the slush fund. Here's what he had to say in congressional testimony.
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SHAPIRO: So, Blanche is right about that.
Now, there is a legit critique here. That legit critique comes in the form of a waiver that was put at the end of the settlement. Quote, the United States releases, waives, acquits, and forever discharges each of the plaintiffs from and is hereby forever banned and precluded from prosecuting or pursuing any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of actions, appeals or requests for relief, including injunctive money, monetary relief, damages, examinations, or similar or related reviews, appeals, debt relief costs, attorney's fees, etcetera, etcetera, whether presently known or unknown, that as of the effective date of the settlement agreement have been or could have been asserted by defendants against any of the plaintiffs or related or affiliated individuals or parties, including trusts, parents, sister, or related companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries.
OK. So why is that a problem? So, there's been some time that's passed since the initiation of this lawsuit. In that time, there's been an awful lot of activity that has been performed by members of the Trump family. And so what the settlement does, it basically says, from today, meaning, like, May 20, from today back nothing could be investigated or prosecuted. Now, again, I see why the Trump administration would want that. I can see why members of the Trump family would want that because, obviously, you know, they've been targeted unfairly before. I get that.
At the same time, I get the critique. The critique, which is, well, you know, when you initiated this lawsuit two years ago, you've not done any of these things. And Trump's been back in office since then, and some stuff has happened that we want to investigate. That is not the, most insane critique that I've ever heard.
Again, I'm generally against slush funds, to be clear. I do not like them. I think there are other ways of pursuing redress for grievances in this fashion. However, many of the myths that you're hearing about it are overstated. Alrighty.