Polls have now closed in six states that held primary elections yesterday. Here are the key takeaways. And, the Justice Department has scrapped plans for Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Justice Department is not moving forward with its $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration is “not moving forward” with its $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, though he left unclear how the Justice Department will cement that commitment. “We are not moving forward with the fund. Period,” Blanche told House appropriators, referring to Monday statement from the department…
"We are not moving forward with the fund. Period," Blanche told House lawmakers.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration is “not moving forward” with its $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, though he left unclear how the Justice Department will cement that commitment. “We are not moving forward with the fund. Period,” Blanche told House appropriators, referring to Monday statement from the department…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told House lawmakers on Tuesday that the Justice Department will not move forward with its “anti-weaponization fund.” “We’re not moving forward with the fund,” Blanche said during a House Appropriations Committee hearing. Blanche’s confirmation that the DOJ is abandoning plans entirely comes one day after the agency put…
However, Todd Blanche said the IRS will still be prohibited from auditing Donald Trump, his family and related entities‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fundThe federal government is abandoning an effort to create a $1.8bn secretive fund to compensate Donald Trump’s allies, but is maintaining an agreement that prohibits…
The decision could end congressional gridlock over a $70 billion funding package for ICE and Border Patrol.
With Congress staring down yet another funding stalemate, Republicans urged President Trump on Monday to drop the Justice Department's fund to pay victims of government weaponization. By mid-afternoon, it appeared they had been successful.
The Justice Department signals a retreat from defending the blatantly corrupt scheme, which provoked vigorous objections from Republican lawmakers.
