THE NEW YORK TIMES: The acting attorney general told lawmakers that he would leave in place an order forcing the I.R.S. to drop investigations into President Trump, his family and his businesses.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday he was withdrawing a proposal to create a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming to be victims of unfair prosecution, amid a revolt among Republicans who saw it as an ethical and political disaster.
“We’re not moving forward with the fund, period,” Mr. Blanche told members of a House Appropriations subcommittee. He repeated himself to make clear that he meant the fund proposal would be permanently withdrawn.
His statement could break an impasse with Senate Republicans, who had demanded the fund be scrapped as a precondition for passing a major immigration enforcement bill. Opponents had described the proposal as a slush fund for allies of President Trump.
But Mr. Blanche said he would leave in place an order he signed last month that would, in effect, block the I.R.S. from investigating Mr. Trump, his family and his businesses for existing tax violations. » | Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer | Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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Monday, June 01, 2026
Trump Plans to Drop the $1.8 Billion Fund that Drew Political Backlash.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump is backing off his plan to establish a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claimed they were victims of unfair prosecution by the government, according to two people familiar with the president’s thinking.
The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the president’s thinking, said he had been leaning for days toward scrapping the fund, which has sparked backlash from critics who characterized it as a scheme to reward Mr. Trump’s political allies with public benefits. But as with all things involving Mr. Trump, he could still decide to reverse course, especially as he tracks media coverage of his decision. » | Tyler Pager, Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, Devlin Barrett and Annie Karni | Monday, June 1, 2026
The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the president’s thinking, said he had been leaning for days toward scrapping the fund, which has sparked backlash from critics who characterized it as a scheme to reward Mr. Trump’s political allies with public benefits. But as with all things involving Mr. Trump, he could still decide to reverse course, especially as he tracks media coverage of his decision. » | Tyler Pager, Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, Devlin Barrett and Annie Karni | Monday, June 1, 2026
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