(BizPacReview) A Justice Department slush fund scheme under former President Obama reportedly funneled billions of dollars to leftist activist groups in what Mike Huckabee said was “worse than a mafia shakedown.”

Republicans are making an effort to eliminate the Department of Justice practice of making donations to non-profit groups with money from settlements against corporations, Fox News reported.

“Advocates for big government and progressive power are using the Justice Department to extort money from corporations,” Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch told Fox News. “It’s a shakedown. It’s corrupt, pure and simple.”

Corporations and banks sued by the government can settle the cases by donating to third-party non-victims, like affected customers, the government, or what Republicans call a “slush fund” at the Department of Justice.

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