{"id":1172,"date":"2026-06-02T21:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:10:53","slug":"todd-blanche-kills-last-remaining-hopes-for-trumps-1-776-billion-slush-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche kills last remaining hopes for Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche dashed any remaining hopes that the Trump administration would move forward with its plan to create a $1.776 billion so-called “anti-weaponization” fund to pay claims to people who say they were wrongfully prosecuted by the government. <\/p>\n

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“We are not moving forward with the fund,” Blanche told the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Last week, the Trump administration proposed creating an anti-weaponization fund as part of a settlement agreement with the IRS over a case stemming from the 2019 leak of Trump’s tax returns. <\/p>\n

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The fund faced immediate and intense criticism from Democrats and Republicans after multiple of Trump’s allies said they would seek payments from the fund. <\/p>\n

CNN’s Paula Reid, the network’s chief legal affairs correspondent, described Blanche’s statements as an “interesting about-face” during a segment on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Arena.” <\/p>\n

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