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Watch live: Blanche testifies before House after amid ‘anti-weaponization’ fund turmoil

Watch live: Blanche testifies before House after amid ‘anti-weaponization’ fund turmoil

Summary

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will speak to a House committee about how the Justice Department is managed. This hearing happens while the Trump administration faces questions about a $1.776 billion fund meant to compensate people who say the government wrongly prosecuted them.

Key Facts

  • Todd Blanche is the Acting Attorney General.
  • He will testify before the House Appropriations Committee.
  • The hearing focuses on Justice Department oversight.
  • The Trump administration has a $1.776 billion compensation fund.
  • The fund is intended to settle claims of wrongful government prosecutions.
  • The fund is sometimes called the “anti-weaponization” fund.
  • The hearing is happening on a Tuesday afternoon.
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