WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is abandoning the president’s nearly $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday, after a ?rare backlash from Republican senators.
“We are not moving forward with the fund,” Blanche said. “Period.”
The fund emerged from a ?legal ?settlement between President Donald Trump and the Justice Department to resolve an unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit ?against the IRS over the alleged mishandling of his tax records.
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