Two Washington, DC police officers who served during the 2021 US Capitol Attack sued the Trump Administration on Wednesday to challenge the legality of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which would provide apologies and monetary relief to individuals who have “suffered weaponization and lawfare.”

Plaintiffs Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges claim that the fund will be used “to pay the nearly 1,600 people charged with attacking the Capitol on January 6, 2021.” They allege that the fund endangers their lives by encouraging “those who enacted violence in the President’s name to continue to do so,” and financing “the violent operations of rioters, paramilitaries, and their supporters who threatened” the two’s lives.

Dunn and Hodges allege that they have faced harassment and persistent threats of violence since President Trump pardoned more than 1,000 people who participated in January 6. They argue that the Fund will be used to reward riot participants and members of white supremacist organizations like the Proud Boys. Rewarding rioters and white supremacists will endanger the lives of the plaintiffs by financing and encouraging violent behavior, the plaintiffs allege.

Announcing the fund on Monday, Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said that:

The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again. As part of this settlement, we are setting up a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.

The fund will be overseen by a five-member commission appointed by the Attorney General, in consultation with congressional leadership. The five members have the power to award formal apologies and monetary damages to compensate for prosecution. The fund will cease processing claims no later than December 1, 2028.

The fund was created in response to a $10 billion lawsuit filed by President Trump against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Treasury over the leak of Trump’s confidential tax information. On Monday, the case was voluntarily dismissed in exchange for the creation of the $1.776 billion fund and a written apology.