The authoritarian left is largely motivated by greed. Many of the policies they support are designed to make them rich. This was made abundantly clear during Barack Obama’s presidency. While he was in office, numerous liberals took advantage of the country’s laws to profit immensely.

For example, one of the ways they lined their pockets involved court settlements. Basically, they were taking some of the settlement money and transferring it to “slush funds” managed by liberal special interest groups. Fortunately, with Trump in charge, this practice will finally come to an end.

According to reports, Attorney General (AG) Jeff Sessions, recently announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will no longer contribute to the left’s “slush funds.” Now, the money will only go to the victim and the Treasury Department instead. “When the federal government settles a case against a corporate wrongdoer, any settlement funds should go first to the victims and then to the American people—not to bankroll third-party special interest groups or the political friends of whoever is in power,” announced Sessions in a statement he released earlier this week.

“Unfortunately,” Sessions continued, “in recent years the Department of Justice has sometimes required or encouraged defendants to make these payments to third parties as a condition of settlement.” He added, “with this directive, we are ending this practice and ensuring that settlement funds are only used to compensate victims, redress harm, and punish and deter unlawful conduct.”

Unsurprisingly, many Republicans were very supportive of the DOJ’s change in policy. Shortly after Sessions’ announcement, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, stated, “since 2010, I’ve been working to shine a light on these misdeeds and to get answers from the Department. Today’s announcement is welcomed news for those of us who respect the rule of law and demand a more accountable government.”

Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, was also extremely pleased with the DOJ’s decision. Earlier this year, he introduced a bill attempting to end the Obama-era practice. When asked to explain his proposal, Goodlatte said, “this bill is oversight and action. Congress must not tolerate Justice Department political appointees using settlements to funnel money to their liberal friends.” He added, “this is also an institutional issue. Once direct victims have been compensated, deciding what to do with additional funds recovered from defendants becomes a policy question properly decided by elected representatives in Congress, not agency bureaucrats or prosecutors.”

Under Obama, when a case that involved the United States government was settled, some of the settlement money would sometimes get sent to third parties that were neither victims nor parties in the case. Bank of America, for instance, was forced by former AG Eric Holder to give several liberal nonprofit groups vast sums of money as part of a settlement. They were not associated with the investigation into the company for its role in the 2008 financial crisis.

Tom Fitton, the President of Judicial Watch, a government watchdog organization, called this kind of practice extortion. “Advocates for big government and progressive power are using the Justice Department to extort money from corporations,” he told reporters, noting, “it’s a shakedown. It’s corrupt, pure and simple.”

The money being extorted is then used to create slush funds for liberal special interest groups. When asked why this is problematic, Ted Frank, the Director of The Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Class Action, explained, that “the underlying problem with the slush funds is we don’t know exactly where the money is going.” Much like Fitton, he also opposes giving some settlement money to third-parties.

The left must not be allowed to use the government to get rich. President Trump should continue working with the DOJ to hold anyone engaged in unethical behavior accountable for their actions. Doing so will help make America great again.