Trump pledges to pursue ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund amid Blanche standoff

The US president said he would push ahead with the controversial fund if his attorney general pick is not approved.

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.

Trump threatens anti-weaponization fund returns if Blanche not confirmed  USA Today

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

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."

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 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.

Congress spent the spring in an uproar over Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. That fight was necessary. But it was also, in a sense, the easy one.

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

Todd Blanche’s Uncertain Future Threatens Trump’s Agenda  CNN