Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed Tuesday that the Justice Department will not be moving forward with the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, but declined to say he would put that in writing. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more on this and the Epstein investigation. Source link
Blanche tells Congress DOJ “not moving forward” with “anti-weaponization” fund – CBS News Watch CBS News Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department will not move forward with a controversial “anti-weaponization” fund. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Tom Dupree joins with analysis. Source link
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Justice Department is not moving forward with its $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “We’re not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, vowing that would … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Justice Department will be abandoning its efforts to create the Anti-Weaponization Fund during the House Appropriations Hearing on Tuesday. The fund, which was born out of a lawsuit between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Services, was put … Read more
Washington — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that the Justice Department is not moving forward with its $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that has become a major obstacle to the GOP agenda in Congress. “We are not moving forward with the fund. Period,” he told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee. “Not moving … Read more
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WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after the Trump administration signaled it was pausing contentious plans to move forward with a nearly $1.8 billion fund that could compensate allies of President Donald Trump who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted. … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday said that a man who made death threats against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and his family at a protest in New Jersey Thursday night had been arrested. The arrest came just hours after Blanche promised the … Read more
Screaming, yelling and accusations of self-dealing. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. That’s how Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Friday described a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that’s drawn bipartisan opposition. On … Read more
Washington — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said a two-hour meeting Thursday with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization fund” was “one of the roughest meetings I’ve seen in my entire time in the Senate.” “There were fireworks at an epic level,” Cruz said Friday on his podcast. “Fiery … Read more