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The Republican holdouts, Sens John Cornyn (TX) & Thom Tillis of (NC), had vowed that they would not confirm #ToddBlanche for the role unless he provided written assurances that the #DOJ had formally killed a planned $1.8B #SlushFund to pay #Trump allies who claim they were unfairly persecuted by the government. The senators also insisted that Blanche narrow the scope of the sweeping #immunity from #IRS scrutiny granted to Trump, his family & their businesses under the same agreement. #law

Pretty telling what #CapitalOne is doing and how #TACO47 is trying hard to push through his #slushfund with the added immunity to reviews from #IRS for the entire #Trump clan. We are witnessing shameless white-collar #crime committed in broad daylight here, folks. Bigly so. #Uhmerica #UnitedStates

Crap. Now #Trump is saying he’ll just wait until #JohnCornyn & #ThomTillis leave the #Senate, & then he’ll re-nominate #ToddBlanche. Trump suggested Thursday that he could withdraw Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general until next year, as a standoff continues with the 2 Republican senators who are demanding concessions from the admin before supporting Blanche. #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

#Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS. #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

The #MAGA #SlushFund is Still Active Despite Court Order Payouts to #Trump Allies Continue A seven-figure “settlement” was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be #US #AttorneyGeneral. #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with]. #SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

The “settlement” for Paul Vaughn, who was #convicted by a Tennessee jury in 2024 of conspiring to prevent access to an #abortion clinic, shows how the goal of the $1.8 billion fund announced in May can continue, despite a public retreat by #ToddBlanche [& a court order]. An already existing avenue for disbursing #TaxpayersMoney could allow him to assuage skeptical #Republicans while fulfilling #Trump’s desire to pay people he believes were wronged by the #DOJ. #SlushFund #law #LegalEthics

Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means. …The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche…. #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

…2 weeks ago, Judge Kathleen Williams of Federal District Court in Southern District of Florida wrote that she was “extremely troubled” by Blanche’s answers to the #Senate about the #SlushFund. In testimony in May, #ToddBlanche told senators there was “no mechanism” for a legal review of the agreement creating the fund. He argued documents had never been submitted to a court for scrutiny because the case, a lawsuit #Trump filed against the #IRS over the leak of his tax returns, was dismissed.

“This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote. Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund. #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

Judge Brinkema said the case remained open because #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ refused to file an affidavit under penalty of perjury “that they will not take any action to create or operate” the payout fund & that it “will not proceed in any manner, under any name.” Blanche has pushed back against such demands. Even as he promised lawmakers in June that the #SlushFund was dead, he said that “I’m not committing to putting anything in writing.” #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #fraud #law #LegalEthics

Amazing they can recognize the corruption in this situation but not in so many others. Still I’ll take it. I just hope they can maintain their resistance. Vote on #ToddBlanche Is Delayed After #Republican Senators Express Skepticism Over #IRS “Provision” John Cornyn & Thom Tillis accused the nominee for attorney general of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle #Trump’s suit against the IRS. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund

In June, #ToddBlanche said he would drop a proposed $1.8 billion fund to compensate so-called “victims”🙄 [ #Jan6 insurgents] of Biden-era actions by the #DOJ but said a provision shielding #Trump & his family from tax investigations would remain in place. #law #LegalEthics #SlushFund

The tax provision emerged as the biggest sticking point on the eve of a scheduled #Judiciary Cmte vote. Cornyn, a former state #judge who lost a primary to a #Trump backed challenger, Ken Paxton [total POS], said he had received no written assurances from #ToddBlanche that the #IRS audit shield would not apply to future tax liabilities or be extended to a wider circle of people. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund

That the fate of an #US attorney general would be jeopardized by the administration’s apparent determination to keep in place a #tax deal offering a sitting president enormous financial advantages illustrated a defining characteristic of #Trump’s second term∶ a president’s personal interest…is now a factor in governing. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund

#DickDurbin opened with an impassioned rebuke of #ToddBlanche’s role in creating a $1.8 billion compensation #SlushFund for purported victims of #DOJ “weaponization” under Biden — & slammed him signing off on a deal to shield #Trump & his family from #tax investigations. “One of your first official actions as Acting Attorney General was establishing a nearly $2 billion slush fund to benefit January 6 cop-beaters while immunizing Trump from IRS liability,” he said. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ

Fantastic US judge voids Trump's settlement with IRS A US judge on Monday voided #Trump's [totally illegal] #settlement with the #IRS ‌that gave him & his companies sweeping #tax protections & initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government ​#SlushFund to pay victims of so-called ​government weaponization. #law

Rachel pointed out last night that #TraitorDon's "$1.776B #SlushFund" isn't a "settlement" in exchange for dropping his idiotic (and unwinnable) $10B case against the #IRS, it's simply a gift from his own Administration to his #Brownshirt Army. 🤬 #Felon47 #StunningCriminality #GOPHypocrisy Your #tax dollars at #grift.

The New Republic | Trump’s Board of Peace Is Collecting Money in Shadiest Way Possible by Edith Olmsted AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Trump’s so‑called “Board of Peace” fund, created under a World Bank‑backed United Nations framework to finance a Gaza reconstruction plan, has received no money in its official account, and the promised billions from donor countries have largely never materialized. Instead, the board is funneling donations through a non‑transparent JPMorgan account, with financial reporting left to the discretion of its executive board that includes close Trump allies such as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. Reported contributions – $20 million from Morocco for the office of the high‑representative Nickolay Mladenov and $100 million from the United Arab Emirates for police training – remain frozen, while the U.S. State Department’s pledged $50 million for operations and a planned $1.2 billion reallocation have not been transferred to the board. Congressional sources say the fund is effectively a slush pool for Trump’s supporters, with no oversight, and the money promised for turning Gaza into a luxury‑hotel corridor is nowhere in sight. Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/210955/donald-trump-board-peace-collecting-money-shady #DonaldTrump #boardofpeace #gaza #moneyinpolitics #slushfund #NickolayMladenov

The New Republic | Whatever Trump Does Is Corrupt, but the Slush Fund Is the Worst of All by Harry Litman AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Harry Litman contends that the $1.776 billion “Anti‑Weaponization Fund” created through a settlement between Donald Trump and the Justice Department under acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is a corrupt scheme that effectively provides Trump with a massive tax amnesty, rewrites the narrative of the Jan. 6 attack, and siphons public money for his benefit. He argues the settlement is a legal façade—purporting that Trump receives no economic benefit while an addendum on attorney‑general letterhead waives all tax liability for Trump, his family, and his companies—making it a public‑funded gift. By bypassing congressional appropriations, avoiding judicial review, and violating self‑dealing rules, the arrangement transgresses the authority of all three branches of government and ultimately harms the American public, a “brazen heist” that must be exposed. Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/210882/trump-corrupt-january-6-slush-fund-worst #DonaldTrump #ToddBlanche #WeaponizationFund #slushfund #TaxAmnesty