President Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against one of the Republican senators who blocked a vote on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to formally lead the Department of Justice, writing that the $1.776 billion “weaponization” fund that has driven opposition to his nominee among GOP holdouts should move forward.
In a fiery and lengthy Friday morning post on Truth Social, Trump called out Texas Republican John Cornyn, one of the two GOP senators who’ve thus far blocked Blanche’s nomination from receiving a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee. He claimed Cornyn “never had a problem” with the plan to compensate convicted criminals — including Jan. rioters — who were prosecuted under Democrats until after he’d opposed the Texan in this year’s GOP primary.
