Blanche meeting with GOP senators in bid to protect ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Blanche is on Capitol Hill to talk to skeptical lawmakers about why the fund is needed and how it would be administered. His visit comes amid growing concern among Senate Republicans about the proposal, which Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) has called a legal “slush fund.” He walked into the meeting with Senate Republicans in the Capitol’s Mansfield Room shortly after 11 a.m.
- ▪Blanche is on Capitol Hill to talk to skeptical lawmakers about why the fund is needed and how it would be administered.
- ▪His visit comes amid growing concern among Senate Republicans about the proposal, which Sen.
- ▪Bill Cassidy (R-La.) has called a legal “slush fund.” He walked into the meeting with Senate Republicans in the Capitol’s Mansfield Room shortly after 11 a.m.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 21 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: right. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ The anti-weaponization fund is not just for J6. It is for the rest of us too. — The Blaze
- ▪ Even GOP Senators Think Trump’s IRS ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Goes Too Far — Dailycaller
- ▪ Todd Blanche to lobby GOP senators on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund — Washington Examiner
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Senate Blanche meeting with GOP senators in bid to protect ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 05/21/26 11:18 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 05/21/26 11:18 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is meeting with Senate Republicans on Thursday to explain how the Trump administration’s compensation fund for victims of Justice Department “weaponization” will work. Blanche is on Capitol Hill to talk to skeptical lawmakers about why the fund is needed and how it would be administered. His visit comes amid growing concern among Senate Republicans about the proposal, which Sen.
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