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Blanche Nomination and the Weaponization Fund | Salt Lake City News
The Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to vote on Todd Blanche’s DOJ nomination, a deal brokered with two Republican holdouts tied to an “anti-weaponization fund” — a controversial initiative Blanche denies ever existed. While his written assurances clarify that immunity for Trump and family is retroactive only, Democrats demand permanent legislative bans. Trump backs the fund, calling it reparations for victims of past DOJ actions, and threatens to reinstate it if Blanche fails to win approval. Blanche, a former prosecutor and Trump ally, faces scrutiny over DOJ independence — and this vote…
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