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DOJ says ‘tens of millions’ could be eligible for payouts from Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't think the "settlement" actually has any limit/restrictions on it.
Everyone is quoting 1.8b because of a "1.776 billion" quote. But the actual settlement document doesn't list any cap.

LegalEagle did a breakdown on it:

https://youtu.be/tIBCjzz-bmk