“The American people, and Republican Senators, should not be fooled by the last-minute, laughably flimsy ‘promise’ Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was forced to issue to salvage his embattled confirmation. These hollow words are an affront to the American people, Congress and the Courts, and are clearly designed to lull Senators Cornyn and Tillis into a false sense that their legitimate concerns have been addressed while leaving Blanche’s corrupt scheme fully intact. After months of defending fraudulent taxpayer-funded payouts to political cronies and Jan. 6 felon cop-beaters and seditious conspiracists, after refusing to withdraw the unprecedented Super Pardon shielding the Trump family businesses from legal accountability for their efforts to bilk the tax system and profit from the presidency, Todd Blanche now wants the Senate to believe these half-baked and illusory ‘assurances’ have somehow solved the problem. They have not.
“Blanche’s new memo rescinds his prior order creating the Anti-Weaponization fund. However, everyone needs to understand that it does NOT:
- Change the terms of the legally binding settlement agreement with Donald Trump which required the creation of the fund. As Blanche has explained, that means Trump can still sue in court to enforce it under basic contract law.
- Prevent Blanche, Trump or a future Attorney General from creating a different fund under a different name (which the settlement agreement expressly allows for) to accomplish the exact same program of transferring funds to Trump’s foot soldiers and political allies.
- Prevent Trump and Blanche from paying out Jan. 6 cop-beaters and other claimants directly from the taxpayer-funded Judgment Fund by ‘settling’ their bogus claims that could never succeed in court.
“Blanche’s memo also does nothing to undo the Super Pardon to the Trump family. In fact, it confirms that his May 19, 2026, order continues to protect Trump, his family, and all their business from ‘any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of action, appeals, or requests for any relief’ for any violation of federal law that ‘could be pending’ before DOJ, IRS, or any ‘other agencies or department’ as long as the conduct occurred before May 19, 2026.
“Let’s not kid ourselves about this dire situation. Trump has already made clear that he is committed to using taxpayer funds to give big paydays to the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and his other loyal MAGA foot soldiers. He’s already showered millions on Ashli Babbitt’s family, Michael Flynn and Carter Page.
“And Blanche has made clear that he is using his office as the country’s chief law enforcement officer to create structural ‘roadblocks’ to prevent the Trump family and their businesses from ever being held accountable for any of their corruption or lawlessness, including a torrent of suspiciously-timed stock trades, shady no-bid government contracts handed to companies the Trump family is invested in, or even allegations of sexual assault by Trump revealed in the Epstein Files.
“Congress has the power to end this racket once and for all. The Senate should reject this nominee, who bent over backwards to preserve this corrupt scheme until his own confirmation was hanging by a thread. And if just six patriotic House Republicans join with all House Democrats who have already signed my discharge petition, we can pass the NO CARTE BLANCHE Act, which would permanently end taxpayer-funded slush funds for political cronies, block future Judgment Fund abuses, and eliminate the Trump family’s extraordinary and unconscionable immunity deal.”
