Blanche asserts 'anti-weaponization' fund is dead, wins key GOP support in US Senate

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 929

Last Updated: 4 hours, 50 minutes ago

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WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general appeared on track Monday after he submitted a written assurance to Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers that the administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that could potentially pay pardoned violent Jan. 6 defendants is dead.

Blanche’s signed statement that an order establishing the fund is “rescinded” and accompanying unsigned memo, released via social media late Sunday, comes after two Republican senators on the committee, …

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