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Blanche Formally Scraps $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

Blanche Formally Scraps $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

Is the Anti-Weaponization Fund a corrupt slush fund rewarding criminals or a vital lifeline for Americans wronged by federal overreach?
Blanche Formally Scraps $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund
Above: Todd Blanche attends a Cabinet meeting in Camp David, Maryland, on July 31. Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Spin


The Anti-Weaponization Fund was a slush fund with zero oversight, run by five hand-picked loyalists who set their own rules with no transparency. The Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted police officers aren't victims deserving government checks, but criminals who should still be behind bars. Taxpayer dollars shouldn't be funneled through a black box built to reward people who attacked law enforcement.

The Anti-Weaponization Fund was established because real Americans lost jobs, homes, businesses and years with their kids when federal power was turned against them as a political weapon. Every claim is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and anyone who can prove harm deserves accountability, regardless of politics. Killing it means the state faces zero consequences for destroying innocent people's lives.


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