Trump's controversial $1.8bn "anti-weaponisation" fund could have been used to compensate people prosecuted over the US Capitol riot.
Todd Blanche has issued an order formally rescinding plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of Trump.
President Trump's nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, now has support from Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis after he issued a formal order rescinding Mr. Trump's "anti-weaponization fund." Nancy Cordes reports.
President Trump on Sunday doubled down, saying he wants to revive the $1.776 billion weaponization fund, which was previously scrapped after a judge blocked it. A reporter asked Trump about his plans with the weaponization fund after he laid out plans to restore the fund on Saturday, and he confirmed the fund will be "back on the table." Before taking the…
President Donald Trump said Sunday afternoon the anti-weaponization fund he has intermittently argued for in recent months could be “back on the table” if the Senate doesn’t confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “A lot of people like it,” he said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One. “If they don’t approve Todd, I…
