# Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/trumps-threat-to-push-ahead-on-settlement-fund-injects-new-uncertainty-into-attorney-general-talks/
- Published: 2026-08-03T09:00:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: Todd Blanche in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on Friday, June 27, 2025. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Molly Riley via Flickr. US government work. Article by Mary Clare Jalonick and Alanna Durkin Richer. AP News – August 2, 2026. WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general. A spokeswoman for Texas Sen. John Cornyn, one of the senators holding up Blanche’s nomination, confirmed the deal, which comes ahead of a Tuesday confirmation vote for Blanche’s nomination in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The other GOP senator, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, did not have immediate comment. […] Click here to view original web page at www.apnews.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio