After refusing to answer a question about the matter Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday that the actions of rioters who injured federal officers while storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be considered when deciding whether they receive taxpayer dollars as part of the Trump administration’s $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund.”

“One of the factors the commissioners have to consider is what the claimant did,” Blanche told CNN’s Paula Reid. “The claimant would have to say, ‘I assaulted a cop and I want money.’”

Members of the commission determining payouts have yet to be announced.

“Whether the commissioners will give that person money – that claimant – it’s up to them. But that’s one of the factors they have to consider,” Blanche continued.

At a Senate hearing just a day earlier, Blanche declined to say whether the money from the fund would be paid out to Jan. 6 rioters who’d been convicted for assaulting officers.

“There’s no limitation on the claims,” he said.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said earlier Wednesday he plans to introduce an amendment that would bar child sex offenders and criminals who assaulted police officers from receiving any money from the fund.

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