Collins was pressed at a campaign stop in Savannah by Dominic Box, a January 6 rioter and QAnon conspiracy theorist who was one of the more than 1,500 people pardoned by Trump's mass clemency when he first took office. "To put it clearly, would you support either the Victims of Political Weaponization Fund, or some form of compensatory relief, not just to January 6ers like myself, but all Americans, left, right, and center, who have become victims of a weaponized political system?" "A lot of this has been politicized and weaponized," replied Collins, adding, “When the federal government harms you, then yes, they have a liability too. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) that the fund would not be moving forward. Almost immediately after being fully confirmed, Blanche's Justice Department issued a sweeping new opinion giving Trump and his allies new immunity protections.