Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn finally dropped their opposition to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche advancing the nomination with a judiciary committee vote 12-10 along party lines.
Senator Chuck Grassley navigated a pathway out of the committee with an agreement by AAG Blanche that an IRS lawsuit settlement agreement between the DOJ and Trump attorneys would not create a J6 victim’s compensation fund.
The $1.8 billion settlement between the IRS and lawyers representing President Trump for leaking the candidates’ personal tax returns still remains at the heart of the matter. What Donald Trump and the Trump Organization plan to do with the settlement is unknown, hence the political consternation about the settlement remains in place.
WASHINGTON DC – […] Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said ahead of the vote that Cornyn and Tillis’ concerns about the fund “and the IRS settlement were shared by many, including this senator.” He added that the changes Blanche made “put this issue to bed once and for all.”
Democrats lambasted the deal Cornyn and Tillis struck, saying it would not meaningfully bind Trump from eventually resurrecting the payout fund and using his to enrich his political allies, including participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
“To state the obvious, Mr. Blanche’s statement on the slush fund and the IRS immunity agreement are not signed by the parties to the settlement agreement and are therefore unenforceable,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the panel. “The parties could still sue to enforce the agreement and the cop-beaters fund can easily be revived with a new order from the Department of Justice 15 minutes after Mr. Blanche is confirmed as attorney general.” (read more)
The bottom line is that President Trump had already told the Senate he was going to continue the use of previously confirmed Deputy AG Todd Blanche as the leader of the DOJ regardless of their opposition to his “Acting AG” status.
Tillis and Cornyn are both leaving the Senate at the conclusion of this term in January. As they depart, they stand as physical embodiment of the elite and detachment mindset within the Senate that believes they are the source of omnipotent power from the upper chamber.
Democrats thirst power and use money to achieve influence.
Republicans thirst money and use power to achieve affluence.
This dynamic represents the ideology behind both wings of the UniParty in Washington DC.
A wins a win, ask Hillary 😂
Injustice is an INJUSTICE!
Tell that Win story to the families of the J6 victims.
Absolutely!
The illegal hoax perpetrated against the J6-ers was and is criminal.
Compensation is in order.
Leave it to the Graft Masters to stymie that!
about time
Take no prisoners
They’re correct that the corrupt senators made a moron deal. It says that money can only go to the plaintiffs (Trump mostly). Ok then what? Trump has his private lawyers create the fund rather than the doj. They’re not actually stopping anything. It’ funny though how the democrats use sue and settle all the time, and republicans don’t say a word. Often dems will write the settlement and agree to it with greenpeace or whoever before they even file suit in a court, with their own handpicked judge who rubberstamps it. Pigford 1 and 2 for instance. This lets democrats change the law without any voting on it. Republicans have shown zero interest in stopping sue and settle until it almost actually benefitted the citizenry. I hate them so much. I’m voting for them anyways out of spite because I know they’re trying so hard to lose.
I had to laugh when I read your last sentence. That’s certainly a different way of looking at it. I agree completely.
It would have been better for DOJ to handle the fund. That way, those who were wronged after J6 would be having at least some of that wrong corrected officially. But if the Trump org takes the money and uses it for those people without DOJ being involved, that is still something good.
Also, considering the way those politicians in Congress play loose with agreements and money, what will prevent the confirmed AG from scrapping the agreement at some time in the future and having DOJ handle the compensation funds as originally planned?
Who forgot that these pampered princelings voted for legislation that would allow THEM to extort 500K taxpayer dollars per violation for their toll records being acquired by doj’s Jack Smith?
I hope AG Blanche announces a new fund right after he takes his hand off the Bible he’s sworn in on.
Considering how many “agreements” the RINOs have reneged on, once Blanche is confirmed, reinstate the anti-weaponization fund . It’s President Trump’s award, he can do as he pleases with it. The only part I don’t like is that the award is being paid by the taxpayers, not the individual/individuals involved. As taxpayers, why should these individuals be indemnified for violating his rights ?
imagine being PROUD to stiff american citizens who were politically imprisoned in this country. this former republic.
As long as there is no official mea culpa and accountability for what was done to those J6’rs during PDJT’s presidency the false and wicked history will stand that J6 was an insurrection and those found guilty in rigged trials by corrupt cops, prosecutors, judges and juries were guilty as sin and only let off by the chief insurrectionist who accidented himself back into power.
If PDJT only understood that is the legacy that media, all cultural reference points and historians, history book writers and publishers will ensure is told and taught to future generations when we are long gone so will be the truth of it.
We control none, zero of those who control official historical narratives. Without formalizing the truth his legacy will be told by his/our nation’s enemies.
This image is from an official US Capitol House Souvenir store guide that lists every president, highlights.
In a Republican-controlled US Capitol. This is what tourists, US and international, are told about PDJT. Officially. Think university history classes or grade school classes are any better? Or worse?
Those who control the present control history. Those who control history control the future. Either PDJT uses his present time controlling history or the future will not paint a very flattering picture of him, his presidencies. No matter how many EO’s and international agreements he inks. Which the Cornyn’s, Tillis’, Thune’s, etc have made sure is the disappearing ink variety.
Good riddance.
Cornyn and Tillis objected to Blanche in their pathetic, childish attempt to protect their turf. Trump let it be known their opposition wouldn’t change a thing.
Take your toys out of the sandbox and go home C & T. A real leader is in charge.
And that my friends, is how the UNIparty sausage is made. Its gross.
How dare they, with all the horrible treatment done to those of J6, to try and stop President Trump from helping them. We’ve seen too many of those who actually broke the law either in service to America or against America become rich to find any true justice is what has been denied those who have been unjustly treated. Its President Trump money so how can our government, congress, say how it will be spent.
good riddance to them both!
Corny and Tilly are just pissed that they can’t get a cut of the $1.8B.