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Blanche Clears Hurdle for AG Nomination | Jersey News
Todd Blanche’s path to becoming permanent Attorney General just cleared a major hurdle after he formally declared the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund dead—settling long-standing Republican concerns that it could have paid pardoned January 6 defendants. With a signed statement and accompanying memo confirming no appointments, funds, or claims process ever existed, Blanche satisfied senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, paving the way for a crucial Senate Judiciary Committee vote. The fund, born from a settlement where Trump dropped a $10 billion IRS lawsuit, had sparked lawsuits…
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