Todd Blanche rescinds anti-weaponization fund amid attorney general confirmation
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Key GOP Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina said, in a statement Monday morning, they will support Blanche's nomination when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on it Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern.
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche “should be immediately approved” as his permanent pick for for the role and defended a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that’s at the crux of why the nomination has not yet moved forward.
WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump today defended his proposed “anti-weaponization” fund amid a standoff with fellow Republicans in the Senate that has stalled his bid to get acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche in the role permanently.
Republicans Thom Tillis and John Cornyn have been holding up Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, seeking assurances the controversial fund is dead.
The Trump administration is still pushing lawmakers to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche , even as President Trump defends the "anti-weaponization" fund holding Blanche's confirmation hostage. The big picture: The "anti-weaponization" fund has been the red line for Sens.
By Kit Maher, Holmes Lybrand, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would work to get a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund passed into law if he can’t garner the support in the Senate to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general.
President Trump on Saturday renewed his criticism of the delayed confirmation for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve in the role full-time, warning he could keep Blanche in the interim spot and revive the controversial $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund. He also called out Sens.
Sen. Thom Tillis said Saturday morning that new comments by President Trump about his "anti-weaponization" fund mean that attorney general nominee Todd Blanche won't be confirmed by the Senate next week.
President Trump threatened to gear up for another push to implement his "anti-weaponization" fund if skeptical GOP senators do not approve Todd Blanche as attorney general.
In the latest public spat between President Donald Trump and two Republican senators, the president offered a new threat: approve Todd Blanche as attorney general or the anti-weaponization fund returns.
Trump vows to keep Todd Blanche as acting attorney general and revive the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund if John Cornyn and Thom Tillis block him.
Trump threatened to “push hard” to keep a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund active, amid an ongoing feud between two Republican senators and the Trump administration over Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.
President Donald Trump said Sunday afternoon the anti-weaponization fund he has intermittently argued for in recent months could be “back on the table” if the Senate doesn’t confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “A lot of people like it,” he said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald 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 nomina…
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund to compensate his political allies, a move that comes after weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nominatio…
By Isabelle D’Antonio, Morgan Rimmer, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, said late Sunday he is formally rescinding the president’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, after Senate Republicans threatened to block his nomination over the cont…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took a key step towards confirmation after meeting demands to rein in a settlement deal President Donald Trump reached with the IRS this year.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche moved a step closer to Senate confirmation Sunday after the Department of Justice rescinded a controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" and narrowed tax protections…
Todd Blanche issues formal order terminating measure widely derided as a ‘slush fund’, in move that could clear path for his nomination as attorney general Acting US attorney general Todd Blanche issued a formal order late on Sunday terminating Donald Trump’s $1.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies.
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