BLANCHE FORMALLY RESCINDS TRUMP’S $1.8BN ‘ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND’ AHEAD OF NOMINATION HEARING

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… While Blanche has repeatedly said publicly that the fund was dead, the justice department had resisted formally confirming that in writing.

US news | The Guardian reports that 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…

The report adds: 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.

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