Todd Blanche Admits Trump’s Slush Fund Isn’t Dead After All
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who days earlier pledged that Donald Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund was dead, has reversed course. In written answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blanche refused to rule out using taxpayer funds as reparations for Trump's political allies, including those convicted of assaulting police during the January 6 Capitol attack. He declined to answer whether DOJ discussed payouts with January 6 convicts, whether granting Trump criminal immunity was appropriate, or whether the IRS was pressured into a settlement. A federal judge, Kathleen Williams, had already nullified the settlement underlying the fund, ruling it was a collusive attempt to confer immunity and earmark billions from taxpayers for undefined grievances. The article also notes that over 4.5 million people lost SNAP food assistance due to Trump's budget cuts.
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