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Cornyn reaches deal with Justice Department to allow Blanche nomination to advance
The Hill ^ | 08/03/26 6:11 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton

Posted on 08/03/2026 4:12:16 AM PDT by RandFan

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has reached a deal with the Justice Department to end the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for President Trump’s allies, paving the way for Cornyn to vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday and Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), two members of the panel, were threatening to vote “no” because the administration wouldn’t agree to clarify a settlement with Trump to permanently end the proposed $1.8 billion fund.

“Sen. Cornyn has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice, which will be issuing a formal order permanently terminating the anti-weaponization fund and making clear in a binding written document that the scope of the audit settlement is limited to only the plaintiffs, including the President, and the IRS,” said Cornyn spokesperson Natalie Yezbick

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: byebye; cornhole; fedsurrection

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This RINO has just ensured J6ers will not get compensation? Sickening.
1 posted on 08/03/2026 4:12:16 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

The upside is that Trump freed them all. Some sentences were like 18 years for a nothing “crime”.


2 posted on 08/03/2026 4:19:58 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: RandFan

RINOs lie just like Iranians.


3 posted on 08/03/2026 4:30:11 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless aDonald Trump )
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To: RandFan

Pretty obvious Coryn was in on the J6 set up, unless he repents, I suspect he has a spot reserved for him not far from Judas


4 posted on 08/03/2026 4:30:23 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: JayGalt

Sorry Cormyn


6 posted on 08/03/2026 4:40:06 AM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice, the American Way & to remember not to feed the trolls!)
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I’m not sure that Cornyn accomplished any such thing. Trump does not need tp provide the funds. J6ers can sue the Government. Watch for an avenue to be created after Blance is confirmed.


7 posted on 08/03/2026 4:40:56 AM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice, the American Way & to remember not to feed the trolls!)
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To: HIDEK6

RINOs are like Demonicrats - they’re all traitors to the United States of America.


8 posted on 08/03/2026 4:49:31 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: RandFan

He’s PURE EVIL.


9 posted on 08/03/2026 4:57:22 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Absolutely SHOULD NOT have agreed to any such deal. This is disgusting. Its vital that the Jan 6 political prisoners be compensated.


10 posted on 08/03/2026 4:57:44 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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No justice for the J6ers doesn’t cost anyone anything. Nobody cares about them other than the libertarians who take offense.


11 posted on 08/03/2026 5:11:03 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: RandFan

as soon as he’s confirmed, President Trump should put out a post saying he was part of the Jan 6th stuff.


12 posted on 08/03/2026 5:11:10 AM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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I’m skeptical of the headline and what the DOJ agreed to. As soon as Trump says he’ll bring the fund back if Blamch is not confirmed and wait for the 2 holdouts to leave there is capitulation by the DOJ? Sounds suspicious to me.


13 posted on 08/03/2026 5:44:40 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: JayGalt

Interesting point. Hope it happens.


14 posted on 08/03/2026 6:04:12 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I hope you care.


15 posted on 08/03/2026 6:04:58 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: RandFan

Cornhole strikes again.


16 posted on 08/03/2026 6:12:43 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Ann Archy

He is pure evil.

The worst kind, too. He sanctimoniously pretends to be good.


17 posted on 08/03/2026 6:13:47 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: RandFan

That prick Tillis called the January 6th patriots “punks.”


18 posted on 08/03/2026 6:16:51 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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In January after those two “R” senators leave, DJT should insist DoJ open investigations of their contacts during their tenure. Include McConnell too. Vipers


19 posted on 08/03/2026 6:20:39 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves. )
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The sooner Cornyn is gone, the better. But I think Trump misfired by calling this an “anti-weaponization fund.” That put a huge target on it. He could have done the same thing by allocating money quietly and calling it nothing and Cornyn wouldn’t have been the wiser.


20 posted on 08/03/2026 6:21:55 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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