Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed during testimony before a House subcommittee on Tuesday that the Trump administration is backing down from establishing a $1.8 billion «Anti-Weaponization Fund» to benefit allies of President Donald Trump following heavy pressure from Republican congressional leadership.
«Look, we’re not moving forward with the fund,» Blanche said in an exchange with ranking Democrat Rep. Grace Meng. «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, were — remain as important as they were before, but we are not moving forward with the fund.»
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, June 2, 2026, in Washington, DC
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«Not moving forward ever?» Meng pressed.
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«Correct,» Blanche said.
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