Proposed bill would tax New Yorkers who tap ‘anti-weaponization’ fund at 100%

U.S. newsProposed bill would tax New Yorkers who tap ‘anti-weaponization’ fund at 100%“If you storm the Capitol and you take from this slush fund, too bad we’re taking it,” New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores said.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00State Rep. Alex Bores, D-N.Y., a Democratic House candidate, during a town hall event in New York last month. Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 27, 2026, 5:12 PM EDTBy Corky SiemaszkoA New York lawmaker says state residents who tap the Trump administration’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund should be required to pay a 100% state income tax on that money.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Assemblyman Alex Bores, who represents part of Manhattan, said in a video posted to X that President Donald Trump should not be using “your tax dollars” to reward Jan. 6 insurrectionists and other Trump allies with money from what he called “an illegal slush fund.”“It’s simple, if you’re a New Yorker and you take from this illegal slush fund, New York state will tax 100% of it,” Bores said in the post on X. “If you storm the Capitol and you take from this slush fund, too bad we’re taking it.”To accomplish this, Bores is crafting a bill called the Anti-Insurrectionist Act, which is described in a draft memo to the New York State Assembly as a means of ensuring that “no resident of this State is enriched by what is, in substance, a publicly-funded political payout negotiated between the President and his own Administration.” “We can’t stop Trump from breaking the law in Washington,” Bores, a Democrat, said in an emailed response to questions from NBC News. “But we can decide that in New York, money you got for attacking American democracy is fully taxable.”The White House referred a reporter seeking comment on Bores’ proposed bill to the Department of Justice, which did not immediately respon...