GOP rep questions Blanche on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

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▪House GOP rep questions Blanche on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 05/21/26 8:41 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 05/21/26 8:41 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Rep.
▪Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Wednesday he sent a letter to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting more details on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new “anti-weaponization fund,” which holds nearly $1.8 billion.
▪Blanche today posing some very basic questions.

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▪ The anti-weaponization fund is not just for J6. It is for the rest of us too. — The Blaze
▪ Even GOP Senators Think Trump’s IRS ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Goes Too Far — Dailycaller
▪ Todd Blanche to lobby GOP senators on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund — Washington Examiner

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House GOP rep questions Blanche on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 05/21/26 8:41 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 05/21/26 8:41 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Wednesday he sent a letter to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting more details on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new “anti-weaponization fund,” which holds nearly $1.8 billion. “So I sent a letter to Mr. Blanche today posing some very basic questions. He‘s got a June 1 deadline to get me the answers of where this money is coming from,” Fitzpatrick said during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source.” “Obviously, it was appropriated to DOJ as part of an appropriations bill. We want to know what account that money currently resides in.

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