US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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President Donald Trump on Friday defended the controversial new Department of Justice “Anti-Weaponization Fund” on the heels of strong pushback to it from Senate Republicans.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who is Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer, said early this week that he was creating the fund as part of a settlement of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.
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