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 out a […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday confirmed that Trump's $1.78 billion weaponization fund has been scrapped. The post BREAKING: Blanche Confirms Trump’s $1.78 Billion Weaponization Fund Has Been Scrapped (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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 saying it would “abide” by a court [...]
While testifying at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department will not be moving forward with the $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund after a court ruling temporarily blocked it.
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 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from auditing Trump, his family and related entities, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Tuesday.“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said during a House appropriations committee hearing on Tuesday. “The reasons for the fund is something that President Trump talked about for a long time, which is the fact that there were a lot of people in this country who had their government weaponized against them. The reasons for the fund, I think, remain as important as they were before, but we are not moving forward with the fund.” Continue reading...
"We are not moving forward with the fund. Period," Blanche told House lawmakers.
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.
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 saying it would “abide” by a court…
The Justice Department signals a retreat from defending the blatantly corrupt scheme, which provoked vigorous objections from Republican lawmakers.