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‘Give me a break!’ Todd Blanche's ‘contempt’ for Congress outrages senator
The 1776 Slush Fund Was Not SubtleThe SetupSen. Dick Durbin confronted Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as the Senate Judiciary Committee moved to advance Blanche’s nomination. The dispute centered on Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” a taxpayer-funded settlement meant to pay Jan. 6 rioters, and on Blanche’s refusal to acknowledge why that amount was chosen. Durbin’s point was simple: the number was not accidental, and the administration’s posture was not confused.The Number Was the MessageThis was not ordinary bureaucratic accounting with a patriotic accident embedded in…
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