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Blanche scraps a $1.8 billion political-targeting claims fund and wins two GOP confirmation votes

Political Guyentist · August 4, 20262 min read

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The still-unopened fund came from Trump's IRS settlement and would have let a DOJ commission pay people alleging political targeting.
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The fund DOJ scrapped was more than twice its own cited precedent

The money was to come from the Treasury's Judgment Fund, a permanent appropriation, rather than a new line item voted by Congress.

The fund DOJ scrapped was more than twice its own cited precedentTwo bars: the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund the Justice Department rescinded, and the $760 million Keepseagle farm-discrimination settlement it had cited as precedent. At Anti-Weaponization Fund, a note reads "Never opened: no commissioners or applicants".
The numbers
The fund DOJ scrapped was more than twice its own cited precedent
Millions of dollarsSettlement sizeNote
Anti-Weaponization Fund$1,776proposed, then rescinded before it opened
Keepseagle settlement$760farm discrimination; cited by DOJ as precedent
Source: DOJ's rescission order and the Keepseagle settlement, via APPOLI

RELATEDBlanche leaves the settlement's separate Trump-family protection intact

The rescission killed the commission and its potential payouts, but did not unwind every part of the settlement. Blanche preserved a separate order protecting Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization from liability tied to past tax conduct; it does not cover returns filed after the settlement.