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Backlash over fund tests Blanche's bid for US attorney general
Senators blasted the fund as a partisan slush fund, and a judge later rebuked the Justice Department in a separate retaliation case.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces backlash from Senate Republicans over his proposed $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund,' which critics deride as a 'slush fund' for political allies.
- The fund would be overseen by a five-person commission, four appointed by Blanche, to compensate alleged victims of 'weaponization,' though lawmakers canceled a planned vote on immigration enforcement to protest.
- During a tense meeting, Senator Ted Cruz said 'The Republican senators were pissed' while describing 'screaming at the acting attorney general' over prospects of taxpayer-funded payouts for violent criminals.
- On Friday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from operating the fund through mid-June, ruling in one of three lawsuits seeking to scuttle the initiative.
- U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw rebuked Blanche for retaliatory prosecution in a human smuggling case, adding scrutiny to his leadership and past role as President Donald Trump's lawyer.
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