Durbin says Blanche told him DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund was 'a mistake'

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:11:49 GMT

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund “a mistake” in what the senator described as a courtesy meeting before Wednesday’s hearing to review Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department. According to Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, when outrage over...

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