'Sh*tshow': Todd Blanche's Meeting With Senate Republicans Did Not Go Well [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

May 21st, 2026, 1:46 pm


Capitol Hill reporters all agree: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s meeting with Senate Republicans on Thursday did not go well. Blanche sat down with the GOP caucus in the upper chamber to discuss the nearly $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” his Department of Justice will operate as part of a settlement President Donald Trump reached with the IRS. The cash will be doled out to those whom commissioners, appointed by Blanche, deem victims of unfair treatment by the government.

The settlement also shields Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization from further action by the IRS.nnA number of Republican lawmakers have expressed concern over the agreement writ large and the fund in particular, as administration officials refuse to promise that the cash will be withheld from violent rioters who assaulted law enforcement officers on January 6. And it doesn’t sound like Blanche assuaged their concerns on Thursday.

“Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing stiff resistance over the $1.8 billlion [fund] [sic] in tense Senate GOP meeting, I’m told,” tweeted CNN’s Manu Raju early on Thursday afternoon. “Rs also warn that a major immigration enforcement/reconcilation [sic] bill they want to pass could be derailed with the issue hovering.”

Just asked John Thune if the $1.8B fund should be eliminated. He said: ‘I don’t have anything for you.’ He didn’t answer as he entered his office if the reconciliation bill will pass Senate this week,” added Raju. “Am told most senators voiced opposition to the fund — hardly any came to its defense. Lot of unhappy Rs about the $1.8B fund.”

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