{"id":91857,"date":"2026-08-01T12:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-poses-ultimatum-on-blanche-will-push-for-anti-weaponization-fund-if-ag-not-confirmed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:29:30","slug":"trump-poses-ultimatum-on-blanche-will-push-for-anti-weaponization-fund-if-ag-not-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-poses-ultimatum-on-blanche-will-push-for-anti-weaponization-fund-if-ag-not-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump poses ultimatum on Blanche, will push for &#8220;anti-weaponization fund&#8221; if AG not confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump delivered an ultimatum to Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn on Saturday, telling them to stop stalling on confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general or he would push again to make his &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-nomination-trump-attorney-general-on-hold-doj-anti-weaponization-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">anti-weaponization fund<\/a><\/span>&#8221; a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis and Cornyn <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-nomination-trump-attorney-general-on-hold-doj-anti-weaponization-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have refused to vote for Blanche<\/a><\/span> as the full-time attorney general unless it is put in writing that Mr. Trump will no longer pursue the &#8220;anti-weaponization fund,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-legal-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a nearly $1.8 billion fund<\/a> to pay people who claim they were politically persecuted, which was announced in May as part of a settlement to resolve Mr. Trump&#8217;s lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning, Mr. Trump not only said the &#8220;anti-weaponization fund&#8221; was off the table, but he would keep Blanche in the acting AG role and push to pass the fund if the two senators who oppose it don&#8217;t vote for Blanche.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Senators Cornyn and Tillis, both upset because I wouldn&#8217;t Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!), aren&#8217;t going to approve Todd Blanche, one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody, in the Country, to be the United States Attorney General, then I will keep Todd as Acting A.G., and push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill, which takes care of those who have been so badly treated by the Crooked Joe Biden (and Obuma!) Administration (I get nothing, although I was treated horribly!), PASSED,&#8221; the president <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117020029291674756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote Saturday morning on Truth Social<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;Todd Blanche was a voice of reason! It will immediately be back on the table, and I will get it done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/17\/a165d35e-9641-4882-ba8d-ac58ebeb847e\/thumbnail\/620x444g2\/67cd9b94e2e0a32d19a5db4e77524912\/gettyimages-2286242628.jpg#\" alt=\"Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche \" height=\"444\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/17\/a165d35e-9641-4882-ba8d-ac58ebeb847e\/thumbnail\/620x444g2\/67cd9b94e2e0a32d19a5db4e77524912\/gettyimages-2286242628.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/17\/a165d35e-9641-4882-ba8d-ac58ebeb847e\/thumbnail\/1240x888g2\/0233a2991194012a0c530097b09d9112\/gettyimages-2286242628.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on July 15, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Eric Lee \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At his confirmation hearing earlier this month, Blanche\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blanche-justice-department-anti-weaponization-fund-senate-confirmation-hearing\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">reiterated<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the fund was &#8220;dead.&#8221; Cornyn noted the settlement states any changes to it must be agreed upon in writing by all parties involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Has there been a written agreement of the parties to modify the settlement fund?&#8221; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, the settlement fund is just not moving forward,&#8221; Blanche responded. &#8220;There&#8217;s no modification. 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