Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill as Trump reconsiders plans for his $1.8 billion fund
Blanche told lawmakers the Justice Department will not move ahead with the fund after Republican backlash and court rulings stalled the plan.
- On Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the Justice Department is "not moving forward" with its $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund during a House Appropriations Committee hearing.
- President Donald Trump established the fund as part of an Internal Revenue Service settlement to compensate those claiming political targeting, but GOP senators opposed it over fears it could reward January 6, 2021, Capitol rioters.
- A federal judge in Virginia temporarily halted the fund, while Senator Ted Cruz led GOP opposition at a tense May meeting, describing it as "one of the roughest meetings" he'd witnessed in the Senate.
- Congressional leaders had frozen Department of Homeland Security funding until the administration abandoned the program; with it now off the table, lawmakers can resume work on stalled immigration enforcement legislation.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune called Blanche's testimony "very definitive," signaling a path forward for stalled bills; critics continue challenging the underlying IRS settlement as a "fraud on the Court.
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Trump bows to Senate GOP with abandonment of ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday promised to abandon plans to move forward with an “anti-weaponization” fund criticized as a slush fund for President Trump to dole out money to his allies, potentially saving a $72 billion legislative package in the process. “We are not moving forward with the fund. Period,” Blanche told House…
The U.S. Acting Attorney General announced in Congress that the government will abandon the idea of a $1.8 billion fund for its allies accused of various crimes during the government of Joe BidenTrump, caught in the war that was pushed by Netanyahu The administration of President Donald Trump announced this Tuesday that he will set aside attempts to create a $1.8 billion fund for his allies accused of various crimes during the government of Joe …
At $1.8 billion, US President Trump wanted to compensate alleged judicial victims. After fierce criticism, the government is now halting the controversial plan. Justice Minister Blanche announced the final announcement.
Less than six months before the mid-term elections, many Republican Party senators opposed the establishment of the $1.8 billion fund, and the project was frozen by a federal judge.
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