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Blanche faces senators on new Trump 'weaponization' fund, Epstein, budget cuts
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since taking the role, answering to bipartisan questions about his department's newly created "Anti-Weaponization Fund."
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According to PBS News’s source item, Blanche faces senators on new Trump ‘weaponization’ fund, Epstein, budget cuts, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since taking the role, answering to bipartisan questions about his department’s newly created “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
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