WASHINGTON (CN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday defended a billion-dollar fund unveiled by the Justice Department from Senate appropriators who claimed the new program was little more than a “slush fund” for President Donald Trump’s allies.
But Blanche insisted to lawmakers that the “anti-weaponization fund” his agency had established was an unusual — but not unprecedented — avenue for the Trump administration to address longstanding claims that the government illegally targeted some people for political or ideological reasons.
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