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  1. …Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Judiciary Committee, said confirming #ToddBlanche would be a “serious mistake.” He begged his colleagues not to be on the “wrong side” of history.

    “If there is ever a moment in history when we need an Attorney General above reproach, who is clearly dedicated to ending #corruption, even at the highest level of our government, it’s right now,” Durbin said.

    #law #LegalEthics #Trump #DOJ #PrerogativeState #MafiaState

  2. …Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Judiciary Committee, said confirming #ToddBlanche would be a “serious mistake.” He begged his colleagues not to be on the “wrong side” of history.

    “If there is ever a moment in history when we need an Attorney General above reproach, who is clearly dedicated to ending #corruption, even at the highest level of our government, it’s right now,” Durbin said.

    #law #LegalEthics #Trump #DOJ #PrerogativeState #MafiaState

  3. While #ToddBlanche has already been leading the department in an acting capacity, his confirmation could free him to pursue the #Trump admin’s agenda even more aggressively.

    …The vote followed a tumultuous confirmation fight that exposed deep concerns — from some #Republicans as well as #Democrats — about installing Trump’s close ally atop a #DOJ that historically prided itself on its #independence from the White House.

    #law #LegalEthics #corruption #PrerogativeState #MafiaState

  4. While #ToddBlanche has already been leading the department in an acting capacity, his confirmation could free him to pursue the #Trump admin’s agenda even more aggressively.

    …The vote followed a tumultuous confirmation fight that exposed deep concerns — from some #Republicans as well as #Democrats — about installing Trump’s close ally atop a #DOJ that historically prided itself on its #independence from the White House.

    #law #LegalEthics #corruption #PrerogativeState #MafiaState

  5. The #Senate confirmed #ToddBlanche as US AG in a vote early Saturday morning, cementing Trump’s former personal attorney’s command of a #DOJ #Trump has sought to bend to his will.

    The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed AG since Trump returned to the White House last year with a stated desire to use the law enforcement agency to investigate his political enemies.

    #law #LegalEthics #corruption #PrerogativeState #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/senate-blan

  6. The #Senate confirmed #ToddBlanche as US AG in a vote early Saturday morning, cementing Trump’s former personal attorney’s command of a #DOJ #Trump has sought to bend to his will.

    The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed AG since Trump returned to the White House last year with a stated desire to use the law enforcement agency to investigate his political enemies.

    #law #LegalEthics #corruption #PrerogativeState #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/senate-blan

  7. At #Trump's #DOJ, watchdogs gutted as #misconduct complaints soar

    In one courtroom after another, federal judges have accused Trump’s DOJ of an extraordinary spate of misconduct, including making false statements, failing to comply with court orders & improperly using the legal system to harass political opponents.

    #law #LegalEthics #corruption #MafiaState #PrerogativeState
    reuters.com/legal/litigation/t

  8. At #Trump's #DOJ, watchdogs gutted as #misconduct complaints soar

    In one courtroom after another, federal judges have accused Trump’s DOJ of an extraordinary spate of misconduct, including making false statements, failing to comply with court orders & improperly using the legal system to harass political opponents.

    #law #LegalEthics #corruption #MafiaState #PrerogativeState
    reuters.com/legal/litigation/t

  9. Still, even in its new form, #ToddBlanche’s order for the #IRS to abandon any audits of #Trump’s previous tax returns is an
    unprecedented & “potentially” (definitely) illegal benefit to a sitting president, worth tens of millions of dollars in lower taxes & avoided penalties.

    #law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState

  10. Still, even in its new form, #ToddBlanche’s order for the #IRS to abandon any audits of #Trump’s previous tax returns is an
    unprecedented & “potentially” (definitely) illegal benefit to a sitting president, worth tens of millions of dollars in lower taxes & avoided penalties.

    #law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState

  11. The unsigned #IRS document posted by #ToddBlanche said that only #Trump, 2 of his sons & the #TrumpOrganization would be granted #immunity from audits, excluding a broader pool of Trump family members & their associates who appeared to be eligible for protection under the original #DOJ deal. Blanche also stipulated that their future tax returns could still be audited.

    #law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState

  12. The unsigned #IRS document posted by #ToddBlanche said that only #Trump, 2 of his sons & the #TrumpOrganization would be granted #immunity from audits, excluding a broader pool of Trump family members & their associates who appeared to be eligible for protection under the original #DOJ deal. Blanche also stipulated that their future tax returns could still be audited.

    #law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState

  13. #ToddBlanche posted 2 documents on social media on Sunday night∶ a signed memo in which he said that the #DOJ was formally rescinding an order that created the so-called “anti-weaponization fund” & an UNSIGNED‼️ statement in which the agency clarified the terms of the #IRS protections.

    #Trump #law #criminal #theft #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund

  14. #ToddBlanche posted 2 documents on social media on Sunday night∶ a signed memo in which he said that the #DOJ was formally rescinding an order that created the so-called “anti-weaponization fund” & an UNSIGNED‼️ statement in which the agency clarified the terms of the #IRS protections.

    #Trump #law #criminal #theft #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund

  15. #ToddBlanche, the acting US #AG, confirmed in writing [1 unsigned] on Sunday night that the #DOJ would abandon “elements” of the deal it struck with #Trump to “resolve” his lawsuit against the #IRS, conceding to demands from Republican senators who had threatened to block his nomination as attorney general.

    #law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
    nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/poli

  16. #ToddBlanche, the acting US #AG, confirmed in writing [1 unsigned] on Sunday night that the #DOJ would abandon “elements” of the deal it struck with #Trump to “resolve” his lawsuit against the #IRS, conceding to demands from Republican senators who had threatened to block his nomination as attorney general.

    #law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
    nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/poli

  17. #Trump added that he would keep #ToddBlanche as acting #US #AG if his nomination to run the #DOJ fails in the #Senate, & blasted 2 #GOP senators who blocked Blanche.

    It was not immediately clear what legislation Trump was referencing, & the White House did not respond to questions about Trump’s post. Sen. #ThomTillis (R-NC), one of the senators who had held up Blanche’s nomination over the #SlushFund, quickly criticized Trump’s comments.

    #law #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState

  18. #Trump added that he would keep #ToddBlanche as acting #US #AG if his nomination to run the #DOJ fails in the #Senate, & blasted 2 #GOP senators who blocked Blanche.

    It was not immediately clear what legislation Trump was referencing, & the White House did not respond to questions about Trump’s post. Sen. #ThomTillis (R-NC), one of the senators who had held up Blanche’s nomination over the #SlushFund, quickly criticized Trump’s comments.

    #law #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState

  19. Sociopath

    #Trump Saturday said that he would “push hard” to enact #legislation that would offer #payouts to people “badly treated” by the #Obama & #Biden admins, his latest threat to resurrect his illegal #SlushFund.
    
“It will immediately be back on the table, & I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, vowing to pass “the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”

    #law #DOJ #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  20. Sociopath

    #Trump Saturday said that he would “push hard” to enact #legislation that would offer #payouts to people “badly treated” by the #Obama & #Biden admins, his latest threat to resurrect his illegal #SlushFund.
    
“It will immediately be back on the table, & I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, vowing to pass “the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”

    #law #DOJ #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  21. The deal also extended unusual tax protections to #Trump, his family & their businesses, shielding them from all past tax claims — an extremely lucrative benefit for Trump who has repeatedly complained about burdensome #IRS audits.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #ToddBlanche #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  22. The deal also extended unusual tax protections to #Trump, his family & their businesses, shielding them from all past tax claims — an extremely lucrative benefit for Trump who has repeatedly complained about burdensome #IRS audits.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #ToddBlanche #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  23. …At issue for both senators is the agreement #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ announced in the spring to resolve #Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS over the leak of his personal tax returns.
    
The deal, which was NOT approved by a #court, would have created a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded pool of money to reward people who claim they were victims of politically motivated prosecutions.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  24. …At issue for both senators is the agreement #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ announced in the spring to resolve #Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS over the leak of his personal tax returns.
    
The deal, which was NOT approved by a #court, would have created a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded pool of money to reward people who claim they were victims of politically motivated prosecutions.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  25. I have been wondering about the families of these criminal politicians and those that surround them; how do they justify their behavior? Is it all about money and temporary comfort the criminal provide or there's more to it? or their families are just a corrupt as them so it's "just the way it is" for them?

    #MafiaState #fraud #AbuseOfPower

  26. Crap. Now #Trump is saying he’ll just wait until #JohnCornyn & #ThomTillis leave the #Senate, & then he’ll re-nominate #ToddBlanche.

    Trump suggested Thursday that he could withdraw Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general until next year, as a standoff continues with the 2 Republican senators who are demanding concessions from the admin before supporting Blanche.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
    washingtonpost.com/national-se

  27. Crap. Now #Trump is saying he’ll just wait until #JohnCornyn & #ThomTillis leave the #Senate, & then he’ll re-nominate #ToddBlanche.

    Trump suggested Thursday that he could withdraw Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general until next year, as a standoff continues with the 2 Republican senators who are demanding concessions from the admin before supporting Blanche.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
    washingtonpost.com/national-se

  28. #Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS.

    That would give the Trump admin 3 AGs in less than 2 years.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
    apnews.com/live/trump-iran-new

  29. #Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS.

    That would give the Trump admin 3 AGs in less than 2 years.

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
    apnews.com/live/trump-iran-new

  30. The reasons for creating the #SlushFund, #ToddBlanche told lawmakers, “remain as important as they were before.”

    [Cornyn & Thillis better stay strong & yovte against this confirming this corrupt lickspittle. More #Republicans should be against him!]

    #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #criminal #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  31. The reasons for creating the #SlushFund, #ToddBlanche told lawmakers, “remain as important as they were before.”

    [Cornyn & Thillis better stay strong & yovte against this confirming this corrupt lickspittle. More #Republicans should be against him!]

    #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #criminal #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  32. “This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote.

    Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund.

    #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  33. “This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote.

    Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund.

    #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  34. Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means.

    …The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche….

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

  35. Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means.

    …The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche….

    #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

  36. As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with].

    #SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  37. As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with].

    #SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

  38. That summary was sent to Air Force One, even as #Trump told Fox News that same day that he was “not going to get involved” in the case.

    #SecretService agents tailed #JamesComey’s car from North Carolina to Virginia. The “# 3 guy at DOJ ‘wanted to ping’” Comey’s phone without a traditional #warrant, according to the filing, a request that’s typically used only when an emergency — a dangerous, fleeing suspect, for instance — requires immediate action.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState

  39. That summary was sent to Air Force One, even as #Trump told Fox News that same day that he was “not going to get involved” in the case.

    #SecretService agents tailed #JamesComey’s car from North Carolina to Virginia. The “# 3 guy at DOJ ‘wanted to ping’” Comey’s phone without a traditional #warrant, according to the filing, a request that’s typically used only when an emergency — a dangerous, fleeing suspect, for instance — requires immediate action.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState

  40. Internal government documents turned over in the case provide one of the most glaring examples to date of the degree to which #Trump now directs federal law enforcement actions & uses agencies to target his perceived enemies.

    The #SecretService questioned #JamesComey about the 2025 photograph of seashells he posted, & an agent received a “direct request” from Trump to forward him details from that interview, acc/to the documents.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #WeaponizationOfJustice #MafiaState

  41. Internal government documents turned over in the case provide one of the most glaring examples to date of the degree to which #Trump now directs federal law enforcement actions & uses agencies to target his perceived enemies.

    The #SecretService questioned #JamesComey about the 2025 photograph of seashells he posted, & an agent received a “direct request” from Trump to forward him details from that interview, acc/to the documents.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #WeaponizationOfJustice #MafiaState

  42. #Trump invoked the #FifthAmendment nearly 450 times in the #NYAG’s civil probe of his fraudulent business practices (he was found liable).

    Trump answered only one question, about his name, during the 4-hour deposition.

    So all the #Republicans saying Dr. #Fauci is doing something wrong by exercising his Constitutional rights can shove it.

    #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
    youtube.com/watch?v=OAqjPXLTUMg

  43. #Trump invoked the #FifthAmendment nearly 450 times in the #NYAG’s civil probe of his fraudulent business practices (he was found liable).

    Trump answered only one question, about his name, during the 4-hour deposition.

    So all the #Republicans saying Dr. #Fauci is doing something wrong by exercising his Constitutional rights can shove it.

    #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
    youtube.com/watch?v=OAqjPXLTUMg

  44. On Tuesday, a group of >155 physicians, scientists & #PublicHealth advocates, organized by #AIDS activists who worked closely with Dr. #Fauci in the 1990s, issued a public letter defending him & condemning what they considered the #Trump admin’s relentless attacks on #science & scientists.

    #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #medicine #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #USpol #law