President Donald Trump said he would plow ahead with his $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund to get his attorney general nominee confirmed.

President Donald Trump says his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead” while also continuing to defend it.

Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn have been holding up Trump’s nomination for attorney general, seeking assurances that the controversial weaponization fund is dead.