Trump administration drops $1.8bn 'anti-weaponisation' fund
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's announcement to abandon the fund comes amid pushback from top Republican lawmakers.
Trump administration drops $1.8bn 'anti-weaponisation' fund
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Trump administration scraps $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation fund’
US Justice Department, however, plans to keep a settlement provision to bar audits of Trump's past tax records.
Trump drops $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund
Legal challenges and pushback from Republican lawmakers prompt U-turn from the US president
Acting AG Blanche says Trump administration is nixing $1.8B 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
Blanche made the comments during testimony before a House subcommittee.
Acting attorney general says Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund is scrapped
However, Todd Blanche said the IRS will still be prohibited from auditing Donald Trump, his family and related entities ‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fund The federal government is abandoning an effort to create a $1.8bn secretive fund to compensate Donald Trump ’s allies, but is maintaining an agreement that prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from auditing Trump, his family and related entities, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Tuesday. “We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said during a House appropriations committee hearing on Tuesday. He later added that the department would continue granting immunity to Trump and his family members on tax matters before the agreement was reached last month. Continue reading...
Trump reportedly mulling retreat from $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Democrats decry president’s ‘most brazen act of self-dealing yet’ and vow to challenge fund in Congress Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to keep pressing for a $1.8bn fund to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said on Monday, as the justice department paused the program to comply with a court order. Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund has faced legal setbacks since it was announced two weeks ago. The idea has also faced a mounting political backlash from Republicans concerned by a lack of oversight and the possibility of payouts to participants in the January 6 2021 riot at the US Capitol. Continue reading...
Trump drops $2.5b 'weaponization' fund plans amid corruption allegations
The US president has abandoned plans for a $2.51 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for victims of alleged government "weaponization", according to the acting attorney-general.
‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fund
Critics from both sides and legal scholars say ‘slush fund’ is scheme that will help January 6 rioters A legal and political firestorm is growing over the $1.776bn “anti-weaponization” fund Donald Trump ’s justice department has launched to pay alleged victims of “lawfare”, but that ex-DoJ officials and legal experts call “corrupt” and a “slush fund” for Maga allies that benefits the president. Congressional critics from both parties and legal scholars have attacked the fund as an opaque scheme that will improperly help January 6 insurrectionists, some of whom said they intend to apply for grants, while echoing Trump’s false claims that Joe Biden’s administration was “weaponized” against them. Continue reading...
Trump halts $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund amid bipartisan backlash
The announcement comes after Trump met with congressional Republicans over concerns about his settlement with the IRS.
Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund scrapped, acting attorney general Todd Blanche confirms – live
Blanche confirms fund set up to compensate president’s allies will not go ahead after fierce backlash and court setbacks Acting attorney general says Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund axed Sign up for the Breaking News US email In six months, Adam Hamawy has gone from a political nobody to, deemed by most measures , the frontrunner in a crowded race, endorsed by prominent progressive and Democratic figures including Bernie Sanders , Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Ilhan Omar and Tammy Duckworth . His work history has driven him to call for Medicare for All, advocating for sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel, and the abolition of ICE – and to say openly he cannot support the Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. CALIFORNIA: Vote today for Steve Hilton for Governor. He will work with me and the Federal Government, the money will flow because I have confidence in him (but not any of the others!), and we will MAKE CALIFORNIA GREAT AGAIN. Steve Hilton will NEVER let you down. VOTE NOW! Continue reading...
Trump still protected from tax enforcement, but anti-weaponization fund is dead, Blanche says
The DOJ's $1.8 billion fund faced strong criticism because it could have compensated people convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Riot.
Trump administration plans to drop DOJ's $1.8B 'lawfare' fund, reports say
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he was launching an effort to kill "slush fund" by forcing Republicans to vote on it.
DOJ, amid uproar, says it will follow ruling that paused 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
The DOJ has issued a statement saying it will abide by a district judge's ruling that temporarily ordered the freezing of the administration's "Anti-Weaponization Fund."
Trump administration agrees to temporarily freeze ‘slush fund’ for allies
Opponents say the fund has no clear legal basis, little public oversight and could be used to reward loyalists.
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