Acting AG Blanche says Trump administration is nixing 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
Blanche said the Justice Department is ending the plan after bipartisan backlash and court setbacks, with Republicans warning it could aid Jan. 6 rioters.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday that the Justice Department is scrapping the nearly $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" intended to compensate allies of President Donald Trump following widespread political backlash and legal setbacks.
- The Trump administration originally defended the fund as compensation for what officials insist was a "weaponized Justice Department" under President Joe Biden, though Democrats argued the proposal lacked necessary oversight and accountability.
- A Virginia court temporarily blocked the fund, forcing the Justice Department to comply with a pause for at least two weeks as payouts would have been decided by a five-member commission appointed by Blanche.
- During a tense private meeting last week, Republican senators voiced significant opposition, with more than half raising concerns that directly complicated legislative negotiations over funding immigration enforcement agencies.
- Republicans returning to Washington on Monday stated they won't pass the Homeland Security spending bill until the White House works with Congress to place parameters on any compensation efforts, keeping the proposal a central point of contention.
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Todd Blanche, Trump's former lawyer and now the U.S. Attorney General, said Tuesday in Congress that the Department of Justice waives the $1.776 billion fund for "victims of the repression of justice." But the immunity of the Trump family's business from the tax, for the old taxes, remains in effect. Donald Trump set up, together...
The Trump administration will not establish a compensation fund for American victims of the justice system after all. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has now confirmed this, following a judge who had previously blocked the plans. The controversial fund would have had nearly $1.8 billion, which would have allowed the Capitol stormers, among others, to receive compensation.
Blocked by the judiciary, the $1.8 billion fund denounced by the opposition as a "black case" to compensate the Capitol assailants will eventually not be created.The Trump administration renounces its project "anti-instrumentalization" of justice just created and criticized by its opponents as a "black case", said Tuesday the interim Minister of Justice, Todd Blanche. "We are not continuing the creation of this fund," said Mr. Blanche, former pe…
Minister Todd Blanche explains the out for Trump's fund for alleged victims of justice – after fierce criticism from his own party as well.
Acting AG Schools Furious Dem Rep. Over Trump’s IRS Settlement Rant
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced off against Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro in a heated exchange during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. The topic was divisive: the Trump Administration’s handling of an IRS settlement that sparked fierce debate. Blanche opened the hearing by addressing what has been termed the “weaponization fund,” affirming that the Trump Administration opted to scrap the controversial $1.78 billion…
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