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Sam Levine and Chris Stein in Washington

‘Completely hollow’: critics denounce Blanche deal to halt Trump slush fund

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche looks to the side with a serious expression
Todd Blanche at a cabinet meeting at Camp David last week. Photograph: Daniel Heuer/Reuters

A compromise between Todd Blanche and two Republican senators that potentially cleared the way for Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general is weak, Democrats and several experts said, as it makes promises Donald Trump can easily reverse.

Blanche, the acting attorney general, posted two documents on Sunday evening showing he was withdrawing an 18 May order allowing for the creation of a $1.8bn “anti-weaponization” fund and clarifying that broad tax immunity the justice department granted to Trump only applied retroactively to the president, his sons, and businesses.

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