特朗普周六威胁将推进一项1.8亿美元的反武器化基金，以此作为对共和党参议员John Cornyn和Thom Tillis的施压，促使他们支持其司法部长提名人Todd Blanche[1]。这一表态推翻了Blanche两个月前在听证会上做出的该基金"不会推进"的承诺，为原定下周二进行的参议院司法委员会确认投票注入了新的不确定性[1]。
Cornyn和Tillis因担忧该基金的内容而对其提出反对[1]。根据Cornyn的表述，该基金可能涵及100多个特朗普组织子公司[1]。两位参议员要求该基金被永久取消，并寻求司法部就基金中涉及的税务审计豁免条款作出书面澄清[1]。参议院司法委员会主席Grassley计划于下周二对Blanche的提名进行确认投票[1]。
President Trump threatened on Saturday to maintain a controversial $1.8 billion "weaponization fund" and keep Todd Blanche as acting attorney general if Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis refuse to support Blanche's nomination for the permanent position.[1] The fund, designed to provide compensation to individuals who claim they were unjustly targeted and to grant tax audit exemptions for Trump and his family members, was scheduled for a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation vote on Tuesday.[1][2]
Cornyn and Tillis have called for the fund to be permanently canceled and sought written clarification regarding the tax audit exemption provisions.[1] Cornyn has expressed concern that the fund could extend to more than 100 Trump organization subsidiaries.[1] The two senators' opposition has created uncertainty around the confirmation timeline, which Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley had planned to move forward this week.[1] Trump's Saturday statement represents a reversal of Blanche's position stated during his confirmation hearing two months ago, when Blanche indicated the weaponization fund would not advance.[1]