Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche offered a staunch defense of a new $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” on Tuesday, while Democrats condemned the effort as a slush fund aimed at funneling taxpayer money to supporters of President Donald Trump. A bipartisan group of lawmakers during a budget hearing on Capitol Hill pressed the head of the […]

Democrats in the Senate want answers on how acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is running things.

The hearing marks the first time Blanche has faced Congress since he took over for former AG Pam Bondi.