Acting AG Blanche Grilled on ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund, Epstein Files

In this Liberty Nation article, Elizabeth Lawrence reports that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced sharp questioning from lawmakers over the Justice Department’s abandoned “anti-weaponization” fund and the still-contentious Jeffrey Epstein files.

• Blanche told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the DOJ is “not moving forward” with the proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
• The fund had reportedly been tied to President Trump’s IRS settlement and was intended to provide apologies and monetary relief to people allegedly harmed by government weaponization.
• Republican backlash helped stall the proposal, especially over concerns that taxpayer money could be used to compensate January 6 defendants or demonstrators.
• A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the fund before Blanche confirmed it was being dropped.
• Blanche defended the underlying concern, saying many Americans had experienced government weaponization, even as he said the DOJ would not proceed with the fund.
• Democrats pressed Blanche to put that commitment in writing, but he declined to do so.
• Rep. Madeleine Dean questioned Blanche about whether the DOJ would release remaining Jeffrey Epstein-related records.
• Blanche insisted the DOJ had complied with the law and accused Dean of political showmanship for displaying heavily redacted documents that he said could implicate victims’ privacy.
• The article notes that the Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the DOJ to release records related to Epstein, while former Attorney General Pam Bondi previously said the department had produced everything required “to the best of” her knowledge.

Read the full story: https://www.libertynation.com/acting-ag-blanche-grilled-on-anti-weaponization-fund-epstein-files/