WATCH LIVE: Blanche testifies in House hearing as Trump considers dropping 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
Summary
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the House Appropriations Committee about the Justice Department’s budget and a controversial fund linked to President Donald Trump. The Trump administration has paused plans for a $1.8 billion fund that could compensate some of Trump’s allies who claim they were wrongly investigated.Key Facts
- Todd Blanche is the Acting Attorney General and will testify in a House hearing.
- The hearing is focused on the Justice Department’s budget but will highlight the new compensation fund.
- The fund was proposed to pay allies of President Trump who say they were unfairly investigated or prosecuted.
- The fund is worth nearly $1.8 billion.
- There is concern the fund might pay violent pro-Trump rioters involved in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
- President Trump is reconsidering whether to continue with the fund due to criticism from Republicans and legal problems.
- A Virginia court temporarily blocked the fund, causing the Justice Department to pause the plan for at least two weeks.
- The announcement came shortly before Blanche’s scheduled testimony.
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