President Donald Trump posted a lengthy message on Truth Social on Friday, criticizing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) over his opposition to a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded "anti-weaponization fund" intended to compensate participants in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.

"Perhaps there has never been a group of people treated so badly in our Nation's history," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

More than 1,500 individuals have been charged with federal crimes in connection with the January 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, with penalties ranging from probation to sentences exceeding a decade for specific offenses.

Sen. Cornyn, a senior Republican senator who has served Texas since 2002 and sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee with oversight jurisdiction over the Department of Justice, has vowed to block the confirmation of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche until the proposed fund is eliminated. Blanche, who previously served as Trump's personal defense attorney — including in the New York hush-money criminal case — was nominated to lead the Department of Justice in an acting capacity.

In his post, Trump asserted that the fund would not provide personal financial benefit to him. Instead, he said it was designed for "great American Patriots who were hunted down like dogs" by the Biden administration.

"They are suffering still, many ruined, and I felt that they should be given compensation for what has been done to them," Trump continued.

Trump also referenced the August 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, stating that he had relinquished any potential compensation for himself.

"I gave up any payments for myself, which would have been substantial, including for the illegal and unprecedented raid on Mar-a-Lago, my home in Florida, even though many legal experts, and others, including John Cornyn, said it was a shocking and disgusting display of 'weaponization' against me," Trump wrote.

"I will always feel that these victims of government abuse should be paid back for what they were forced to endure, their lives have been ruined!" Trump concluded.

The dispute between Trump and Cornyn highlights an emerging rift within the Republican Party over the proposed compensation fund. Cornyn, a former Senate Majority Whip and longtime member of GOP leadership, is leveraging a Senate hold — a procedural tool available to individual senators to delay or block nominations — to press for the fund's removal. Whether other Senate Republicans will align with Cornyn's position or defer to Trump on the matter remains an open question as the Blanche nomination moves through the confirmation process.