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 will testify before a House Appropriations Committee panel on Tuesday afternoon on oversight of the Justice Department. The hearing comes as the Trump administration has faced heavy scrutiny over its $1.776 billion compensation fund, which would help settle claims between those who say the government wrongfully…
Congress should not only ensure the end of the Trump slush fund but also prevent his successors from doing anything similar.
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…
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.
The decision could end congressional gridlock over a $70 billion funding package for ICE and Border Patrol.
"We are not moving forward with the fund. Period," Blanche told House lawmakers.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration will drop plans for a $1.8 billion fund to pay victims of alleged government “weaponization” following a backlash from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers. (Source: Bloomberg)
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…
The Justice Department signals a retreat from defending the blatantly corrupt scheme, which provoked vigorous objections from Republican lawmakers.
