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Blanche rescinds fund for Trump supporters after GOP senators threaten to block his AG bid — 12:02 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.
A spokeswoman for Texas Senator John Cornyn, one of the senators holding up Blanche’s nomination, confirmed the agreement late Sunday. The other GOP senator, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, did not have immediate comment.
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The announcement comes as a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Blanche is scheduled for Tuesday.
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