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AG Blanche meets with GOP senators on Trump's DOJ fund; Tillis calls it 'stupid'

Cnbc · · 576 words · By Dan Mangan; Emily Wilkins
January 6th Aftermath Political polarization Government accountability
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is meeting with Republican senators on Thursday morning about the Department of Justice's controversial "lawfare" fund”
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Wikipedia confirms Todd Blanche has served as the acting United States Attorney General since April 2026. While the specific meeting on 'Thursday morning' is not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets, his role and the existence of the fund are confirmed by Wikipedia and multiple web sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who has served as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Trent McCotter (born March 1987) is an American lawyer who has served as the principal associate deputy attorney general since 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_McCotter
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. The attorney general act…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General
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“the $1.8 billion fund, which was created to settle an unrelated lawsuit by President Donald Trump against the Internal Revenue Service”
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Multiple independent web sources (Politico, IBTimes UK, and other news reports) confirm the fund is approximately $1.8 billion and was created to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against the IRS regarding his tax returns.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York v. Trump is a civil investigation and lawsuit by the office of the New York Attorney General alleging that individuals and business entities within the Trump Organization engaged in financial…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_business_fraud_lawsui…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 1973 and until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in United States federal and state courts, including battles with casino p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_and_business_legal_af…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_second_Trump_p…
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“The fund would purportedly compensate those who allege they were victims of prosecutorial overreach or worse by the DOJ during the Biden administration”
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Web search results explicitly state the fund was created to 'compensate victims of political weaponization' and 'compensate his allies', specifically targeting those who allege prosecutorial overreach during the previous administration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails detailing the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 9, 2023, CBS News reported that attorneys for U.S. president Joe Biden discovered classified government documents in his former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., and in h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_classified_documents…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. The attorney general act…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General
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“Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., introduced a bill that would bar federal money from being used for the DOJ's "Anti-Weaponization Fund"”
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Two independent web sources (Politico and another news report) confirm that Rep. Jamie Raskin introduced legislation to block the 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) is a law passed by the 119th United States Congress and signed by President Donald Trump on November 19, 2025. It requires the U.S. Attorney General to "make …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_Files_Transparency_Act
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails detailing the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury was a lawsuit brought against the Internal Revenue Service by President Donald Trump. In January 2026, Trump sue…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Internal_Revenue_Serv…
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“two police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 filed a lawsuit seeking to have the fund declared illegal”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of the number 'two' and general history of January 6, but contains no specific mention of a lawsuit filed by two police officers to declare the fund illegal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup, two months after his defeat in the 2020 pres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (commonly referred to as the January 6th Committee) was a select committee of the U.S. House…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6th_Committee
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 20, 2025, during the first day of his second term, United States president Donald Trump granted blanket clemency to all people, nearly 1,600, convicted of or awaiting trial or sentencing fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_Sta…
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“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation that would slap a 100% tax on any payments from the fund”
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While the evidence confirms the identities of Senators Schumer and Wyden and mentions other tax-related bills they've introduced, there is no evidence in the provided text regarding a 100% tax on payments from this specific DOJ fund.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ronald Lee Wyden is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Unite…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wyden
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web search NEUTRAL — We’re grateful to Senator Wyden, Leader Schumer, and Senator Bennet for their leadership to protect our families who are already paying the price for Trump’s policies and the oil industry’s war profit…
https://gorgenewscenter.com/2026/05/20/wyden-schumer-bennet-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., have introduced separate proposals targeting unrealized capital gains and dynastic wealth. Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zu…
https://thedailybs.com/2026/05/16/europe-tried-wealth-taxes-…
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“Blanche said commissioners who will be appointed to administer the fund will be responsible for considering a claimant's conduct in applications for compensation”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic search results for the name 'Todd' and other people named Todd, but does not contain the specific quote or statement from Todd Blanche regarding the commissioners' responsibility to consider claimant conduct.
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web search NEUTRAL — Todd (given name) ... Todd is a masculine given name. The name originated from Middle English, where it means "fox". [1] Notable people and characters with the name include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_(given_name)
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web search NEUTRAL — ITS ALL GOOD GANG, TODD LOVES YALL AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6tFBzgiCiIg2vU94rCapg
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web search NEUTRAL — BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Todd Monken has five months before his first game as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. However, two traits have been apparent since he was introduced on Feb. 3. Monken tries to ke…
https://apnews.com/article/cleveland-browns-todd-monken-282c…
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“Blanche will appoint all five commissioners for the fund”
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Multiple sources confirm the commission structure. IBTimes UK states every commissioner is appointed by Blanche, and a DOJ Budget Hearing report notes that while he initially mentioned consultation with Congress for one member, he corrected himself to say he appoints all five.
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web search NEUTRAL — A five-member commission appointed by Blanche will oversee the fund, with one member chosen in consultation with congressional leadership. According to the Justice Department, the president can remove…
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2255172/todd-blanche…
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web search NEUTRAL — The settlement lays out a structure that has raised alarm among government ethics watchers. The $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund will be overseen by a five-member commission, with every commissi…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-cont…
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web search NEUTRAL — Blanche clarified that four of five commissioners are appointed by the Attorney General, and one is appointed by the AG “in consultation with leadership of this body” (Congress). He then corrected him…
https://www.wichitaliberty.org/politics/doj-fy2027-budget-he…
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“Blanche, who is Trump's former criminal defense attorney”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny Todd Blanche's professional history as Donald Trump's criminal defense attorney.
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