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Todd Blanche issues formal order terminating measure widely derided as a ‘slush fund’, in move that could clear path for his nomination as attorney general
Acting US attorney general Todd Blanche issued a formal order late on Sunday terminating Donald Trump’s $1.8bn “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.
While Blanche has repeatedly said publicly that the fund was dead, the justice department had resisted formally confirming that in writing. That had drawn concern from lawmakers that it could be revived in some form, especially after Trump expressed continued support for the idea.
A spokesperson for Texas Senator John Cornyn, one of the senators holding up Blanche’s nomination, confirmed the agreement. The other GOP senator, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, did not have immediate comment.
Well at least that’s something positive to come out of this. Though I feel that if Cornyn didn’t get fucked over in the primary by Trump he wouldn’t have really put up such an opposition to this.
Stop it. Why would you believe ANYTHING they say? Haven’t you figured out that they’re lying about EVERYTHING? Even if they put it writing, they’ll do it anyway. Money to pay his Insurrectionists for his violent 2029 Coup? Tax immunity for life? He can’t let that go, and he won’t. Sworn testimony, promises, documents, signatures, none of it matters, he won’t honor any of it.
They’ve already confiscated over $13 billion in Venezuelan oil profits, and NOBODY knows where it is, and NOBODY is asking about it. They’ll do the same thing here, wait for it to settle down, and then just do it quietly when nobody is watching.
They are going to do this, no matter what they promise.