Todd Blanche kills Trump's $1.8B fund for political allies
Right before his confirmation hearing, Todd Blanche decided that handing out giant stacks of taxpayer cash to political buddies might not be the best look.
Just when people thought the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" was set in stone to compensate allies who felt wronged, Todd Blanche pulled the plug late Sunday night.
The whole scheme was supposed to pay out massive government checks to key loyalists. But with Senate hearings right around the corner, getting grilled under oath about a nearly two-billion-dollar slush fund for cronies apparently felt a bit too tricky to defend.
Timing is everything in Washington, especially when someone needs to look like a legal purist for five minutes.
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