Trump blasts rogue GOP senators for blocking Blanche nomination, vows anti-weaponization bill fight

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 vows to escalate standoff with two Republican senators if they won't back down.

President Donald Trump doubled down on his commitment to a $1.8 billion fund to help his supporters, saying he’d now work with Congress to make it federal law — even if it costs him his nominee for US attorney general.

Trump threatens to keep Blanche as acting attorney general, revive 'anti-weaponization' fund  Reuters

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. John Cornyn (R-Texas) a

President Donald Trump on Friday filed to appeal a ruling that questioned the $10 billion lawsuit he brought against the IRS, after the government sought to use the lawsuit’s settlement to create an “anti-weaponization” fund to recompense perceived targets of political weaponization  In early July, U.S. District Judge

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. Why it matters: Tillis's comment escalates the fight between the White House and holdout Senate Republicans over whe

Todd Blanche previously repeatedly told Congress the anti-weaponization fund was "dead."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is "dead" while also continuing to defend it, furt

U.S. President Donald Trump's defence of his US$1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund further complicates his administration’s talks with two Republican senators who are blocking his attorney general nominee in protest.

Senator disputes Trump’s claim the anti-weaponization fund is dead  CNN

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including Todd Blanche's stalled confirmation to be attorney general, Trump's 'anti-weaponization fund,' turmoil inside the Democratic National Committee and the Reflection Poll vandalism charges dropped.

The president said in his post that Todd Blanche should be immediately confirmed for attorney general and is a “pawn in this whole thing.”

The president is still pushing the idea of using taxpayer money to reward Capitol rioters, contradicting the attorney general nominee's assurance that it won't happen.

The president mocked Sen. John Cornyn for being an "angry person" after having lost a Texas Senate GOP primary race in May.

President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is holding up the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general because he is angry Trump endorsed Ken Paxton in Texas's Republican U.S. Senate primary.

Trump acknowledged the $1.8 billion so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is "dead," but made clear that he wishes it still existed.

President Donald Trump says his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead” while also continuing to defend it

Trump says anti-weaponization fund in IRS settlement is ‘dead’ even as he defends it  AP News

It was the latest sign that the president was doubling down on his fight for aspects of a deal that brings him vast benefits, even though they have jeopardized the confirmation of his pick for attorney general.

Trump digs in on Blanche, defends weaponization fund  USA Today

Trump also said Todd Blanche "should be immediately approved as US Attorney General".

President lashes out at GOP senator whose re-election he sabotaged amid GOP push to stall Attorney General pick