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WASHINGTON \u2014 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche\u2019s bid to run the Justice Department hung in the balance Thursday as a handful of Senate Republicans vowed not to give him their votes \u2014 and President Trump threatened to yank his nominee over opposition to a nearly $1.8 billion so-called \u201cweaponization\u201d fund.<\/p>\n

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Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) have both opposed Blanche\u2019s nomination in the Judiciary Committee until they receive\u00a0confirmation in writing\u00a0that the fund won\u2019t be reconstituted \u2014 despite Blanche having testified that it was \u201cdead\u201d during a recent hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd\u2019s\u00a0name,\u00a0if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office,\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social later Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we were pretty close to landing the plane last night. But this morning there\u2019s been some more complications,\u201d Cornyn told reporters Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cApparently he\u2019s getting some pushback from higher-ups at the White House,\u201d added the Texas Republican. \u201cI don\u2019t know who, but this doesn\u2019t need to be this hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know whether they think they can wait us out or we\u2019ll cave, but I assure you, we won\u2019t,\u201d Cornyn went on.<\/p>\n

The $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund was originally announced in May as a form of compensation for individuals who were the victims of perceived political prosecutions, mainly under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

But Vice President JD Vance and others said even the former president\u2019s son, Hunter Biden, would be eligible for a payout.<\/p>\n

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After the fund was panned by Republicans in Congress, Blanche backtracked before the Senate Judiciary Committee July 15, saying under oath: \u201cIt is a moot issue, meaning there is no weaponization fund. The weaponization fund is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his Truth post, the president added:\u00a0\u201cRemember, both Cornyn and Tillis voted for Merrick Garland, and others, too numerous to mention.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump also noted that Cornyn and Tillis both hadn\u2019t received an endorsement from him for 2026 races, resulting in the end of their political careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like this is something new and different. And it causes me concern. If they don\u2019t want to put it in writing, this is not something that is going to be enforceable in the long term,\u201d Cornyn said Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you know, people can change their mind later on, whether it\u2019s to reconstitute the weaponization fund or that what they claim the limits are of the release, that now they take a different position in a court.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my intention to get Blanche approved,\u201d Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told reporters after scrapping a planned Thursday panel vote on the nomination.<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly when that can happen, I don\u2019t know, but we\u2019re going to work hard to get the differences worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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