Trump on whether anti-weaponization fund is dead: ‘I’d have to ask the lawyers’
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department would not move forward, but Trump kept defending the $1.8 billion fund.
- President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about permanently ending the $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund and said he would need to consult lawyers before making a commitment.
- The Justice Department, led by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, announced it would not pursue the fund following a federal judge's temporary block and affirmed it is not moving forward with the fund.
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'Crooked': Todd Blanche Told Congress the $1.8 Billion Fund Was Finished — Then Critics Read the Fine Print and Found the Loophole He and Trump Were Counting On Nobody Finding
During his testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on June 2, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered a surprise admission to Democratic Rep. Grace Meng confirming that the Department of Justice is walking away from President Donald Trump’s controversial $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, and that it isn’t coming back. Major outlets immediately declared the fund dead. But a closer reading of what Blanche actually said —…
Donald Trump leaves open whether the 1.8 billion-dollar fund is really over. He contradicts justice minister Todd Blanche, who had announced the end. An analysis.
DOJ Says Trump’s $1.776 Billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" Will Not Proceed, but Offers No Written Rescission
The Department of Justice decided it is not moving forward with President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” ... The post DOJ Says Trump’s $1.776 Billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” Will Not Proceed, but Offers No Written Rescission appeared first on The New American.
‘I Love It’: Trump Is Still in Favor of $1.8 Billion Payout Fund
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he still loved the idea of a $1.8 billion fund to use taxpayer money to pay his allies who claim they have been politically persecuted, even after his administration said it was dropping the plan. Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said Tuesday that the administration was “not moving forward with the fund, period,” after the plan drew enormous, bipartisan backlash. But in his first pu…
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