{"id":2639396,"date":"2026-08-02T22:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-weaponization-fund-could-be-back-on-the-table-if-blanche-not-confirmed-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:09:01","slug":"anti-weaponization-fund-could-be-back-on-the-table-if-blanche-not-confirmed-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-weaponization-fund-could-be-back-on-the-table-if-blanche-not-confirmed-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-weaponization fund could be &#8216;back on the table&#8217; if Blanche not confirmed: Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-weaponization-fund-could-be-back-on-the-table-if-blanche-not-confirmed-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2639396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump indicated that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blanche-meets-with-grassley-as-he-looks-to-secure-attorney-general-confirmation\/\" title=\"... meets with Grassley as he looks to secure attorney general ...\">proposed anti-weaponization fund<\/a>, which was created as part of an agreement related to a settlement with the IRS over his leaked tax returns, could be reconsidered if the Senate does not confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Trump mentioned that many peopel support the fund and suggested it might be put back on the table in case Blanche\u2019s confirmation is blocked. The fund has faced bipartisan criticism due to concerns it might be used to compensate individuals targeted in investigations, including those involved in January 6 events.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche, who has been serving as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-lin-wood-defends-ag-bill-barr-after-announces-he-is-stepping-down-trump-voters-respond\/\" title=\"Attorney Lin Wood Defends AG Bill Barr After Announces He Is Stepping Down \u2014 ... Voters Respond\">acting attorney general<\/a> sence April, has publicly stated that the fund\u2019s plans will not move forward. Confirmation efforts are complicated by Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn, who want assurances that the DOJ has abandoned certain aspects of the settlement.Both senators hold influence over blanche\u2019s confirmation, especially since Cornyn recently lost a primary challenge, and Tillis is stepping down.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of January 6 rioters, framing the potential fund as a way to reimburse those considered victims of federal targeting. A committee vote on Blanche\u2019s confirmation is scheduled before the Senate recess in August, with some optimism that he could proceed to a full Senate vote soon. Trump emphasized that many supporters of his favor the fund and Blanche\u2019s confirmation, and he floated the possibility of renominating Blanche next year once current holdouts leave office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Sunday afternoon the anti-weaponization fund he has intermittently argued for in recent months could be \u201cback on the table\u201d if the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> doesn\u2019t confirm acting Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\">Todd Blanche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of people like it,\u201d he said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One. \u201cIf they don\u2019t approve Todd, I could put it back on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4672332\/anti-weaponization-fund-could-be-back-blanche-not-confirmed-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Anti-weaponization fund could be \u2018back on the table\u2019 if Blanche not confirmed: Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4672015\/bill-pulte-clayton-dni-monday\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jay Clayton to take over as DNI on Monday: Pulte<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4671370\/fauci-diary-details-trump-relationship-soured\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fauci\u2019s diary details how his relationship with Trump soured<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>: &#8220;We have a man named Todd Blanche. He&#8217;s outstanding in every way\u2026 You&#8217;re not going to find a better person, and everybody agrees. It&#8217;s because I backed Cornyn&#8217;s opponent and his opponent won in a landslide. That&#8217;s the only reason it&#8217;s happening.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ySKDaNKAK3\">pic.twitter.com\/ySKDaNKAK3<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2084044013175283941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fund stems from a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4657945\/todd-blanche-gop-holdouts-attorney-general-trump-anti-weaponization-fund\/\">Department of Justice-brokered<\/a> settlement unveiled in May between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service stemming from the leak of his tax returns. It included the creation of a $1.776 billion \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d to compensate people who claim the federal government improperly targeted them in investigations. The fund sparked bipartisan backlash from lawmakers who believed the Trump administration would use the money to compensate defendants in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\">Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot<\/a> and other Trump allies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thom-tillis\/\">Thom Tillis<\/a> (R-NC) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-cornyn\/\">John Cornyn<\/a> (R-TX) hold particular sway over Blanche\u2019s likelihood of being confirmed, having stalled his advancement through the Senate Judiciary Committee over concerns about the fund and Blanche\u2019s handling of meetings with victims of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanche has said repeatedly that plans for the fund will not move forward. He has served as acting attorney general since Trump fired <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\">Pam Bondi<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Cornyn and Thillis have said they believe Blanche is qualified for the role but want written assurance the DOJ has abandoned key aspects of the settlement. Both lawmakers have reason to hold up Blanche\u2019s nomination, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4583010\/republicans-fall-in-line-ken-paxton-victory\/\">Cornyn lost to<\/a> Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his primary election while Tillis announced last summer he would not seek a third term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s because I backed Cornyn\u2019s opponent and his opponent won in a landslide, that\u2019s the only reason it\u2019s happening,\u201d Trump said. Last week, the president also floated the idea of renominating Blanche next year once the two hold-outs have left office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople were hurt so badly, 22 suicides, they were destroyed, their families were destroyed,\u201d Trump said, referring to Jan. 6 rioters targeted under the Biden administration. \u201cThere\u2019s never been an attack on any group of people in this country, in my opinion, maybe one, maybe there\u2019s one group that was attacked violently and viciously, like these people were attacked. And this would be a reimbursement for the pain that they suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4671072\/could-see-todd-blanche-going-full-vote-next-week-kaelan-deese-august-recess\/\"><strong>\u2018WE COULD SEE POTENTIALLY TODD BLANCHE GOING TO A FULL VOTE NEXT WEEK\u2019: KAELAN DEESE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanche served as Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-americans-pleased-with-trump-transition-poll-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Majority of Americans pleased with ... transition: Poll - Washington Examiner\">personal defense attorney<\/a> from April 2023 until January 2025. A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/07\/31\/congress\/todd-blanche-judiciary-vote-rescheduled-01021350\">committee vote is scheduled<\/a> for Tuesday before the upper chamber departs Washington for its monthlong August recess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of people like [the fund]\u2026 a lot of big supporters of Trump like it,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: Anti-weaponization fund may return if Blanche not confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2639397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26214804247594.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[25914,6513,50611,32515,50646],"class_list":["post-2639396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blanche","tag-funding","tag-national-security-2","tag-us-politics","tag-weaponization-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26214804247594.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2639396"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639400,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639396\/revisions\/2639400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2639397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}