President Donald Trump denied dropping the "anti-weaponization fund" in a podcast interview.
The same day, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress that the Justice Department was not moving forward with the fund.
Many Republican lawmakers expressed concerns about the fund and sought assurances the Justice Department would completely drop it.
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President Donald Trump suggested that he has not dropped the administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund, saying in an interview released Wednesday that people “should be reimbursed.”
