“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said in response to questions at a House hearing on the Justice Department budget.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is scrapping plans for a $1.8 billion fund that would have compensated allies of the Republican president, the Justice Department’s top official said Tuesday in retreating from a program that faced a fierce political backlash that had threatened to stall key elements of the White House agenda.
“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said in response to questions at a House hearing on the Justice Department
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