GOP Pushback Heats Up Over Trump’s $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund
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Senate Republicans push back against a $1.8 billion Justice Department fund labeled as an ‘anti-weaponization’ measure, blindsiding party leaders and threatening to derail a broader immigration-enforcement package; Acting AG Todd Blanche pressed to salvage the fund but faced stiff resistance from GOP members demanding guardrails and warning the measure could jeopardize the June 1 deadline and the broader bill on ICE and border patrol.
- Blanche meets with Senate Republicans as Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund faces trouble on Capitol Hill CNN
- Republicans Balk at Trump Fund, Weighing Ways to Limit It The New York Times
- ‘This is long overdue’: Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund CNN
- Trump’s allies are already lining up to apply to his $1.8 billion fund The Washington Post
- Police sue Trump as Jan. 6 rioters gloat over 'weaponization' fund NPR
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