Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund”, to compensate his political allies and Jan 6 rioters, is officially dead after the president’s pick for attorney general, Todd Blanche, announced it had been “rescinded.”
Blanche released a memo late Sunday declaring Trump’s slush fund would not go into effect. The move could secure the votes of Republican senators, Thom Tillis and John Cornyn, who were blocking Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general because of the fund. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Blanche’s confirmation Tuesday.
