DOJ refuses to fork over pardoned rioter's repayment as Trump pushes for $1.8B slush fund

The Justice Department is refusing to return $2,000 in restitution paid by a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, even as the administration separately pushed for a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate President Donald Trump's allies targeted by what he calls "lawfare." Prosecutors argue Felicia Konold, an…