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Justice Department is not moving forward on the 'anti-weaponization' fund, Blanche says
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Justice Department is not moving forward on the 'anti-weaponization' fund, Blanche says

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the Justice Department has fully abandoned the proposed “anti-weaponization” fund. Blanche said that the “reasons for the fund,” alleged weaponization of the justice system, “remain as important as they were before, but we are not moving forward with the fund.”

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The Trump administration abandoned the president's nearly $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday, after a rare backlash from Republican senators.

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