Justice Department drops planned $1.8 billion fund as Senate Republicans weigh immigration bill
The Facts
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that the Justice Department will not move forward with the planned fund.
- The planned fund was valued at about $1.8 billion.
- The fund had drawn criticism from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
- Senate Republicans had tied movement on a bill to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda to getting clear confirmation that the fund would not proceed.
- A federal court had temporarily blocked action on the fund before Blanche’s testimony.
- The fund was linked to a settlement involving Trump’s lawsuit over the handling of his tax records by the IRS.
- One unresolved issue is whether separate protections against future audits of Trump’s and his family’s past tax records will remain in place even though the fund is being dropped.
How left and right are reading this
- Both agree
- A bipartisan-criticized, court-blocked $1.8 billion fund is no longer moving forward, removing a major obstacle that had complicated both congressional action and scrutiny of how the government was handling a politically sensitive settlement.
- They split on
- Less a disagreement than a question of emphasis: whether the meaningful remaining issue is accountability around protections for Trump family tax records, or the legislative clarity Senate Republicans needed before advancing immigration funding.
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Why did this matter for the immigration bill?
Senate Republicans had delayed or threatened to withhold support for immigration enforcement funding until the administration gave a definitive answer on the fund, which many lawmakers viewed as politically and ethically problematic NYT Fox News Fox News.
What did Blanche say exactly?
At a House hearing, Blanche said: “We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” making clear that the Justice Department would not proceed with it RT en Español CNBC.
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