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Forget the Blanche Nom, Trump Now Wants His $1.776B Slush Fund Back!
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TPM – Talking Points Memo
Talk About Losing the ThreadIn a social media post this morning, President Trump threw all of toys in the air and declared that he still thinks the “anti-weaponization” slush fund was the way to go after all.
The official Trump administration position before Congress and in court has been that the slush fund is “dead” and that no amount of public pining for it by the president should make anyone think that it’s coming back once public attention drifts elsewhere.
He wants the Justice Department to guarantee what Mr. Blanche said under oath at his confirmation hearing: that the I.R.S.
immunity would apply only to Mr. Trump, two of his sons and the Trump Organization, and that it would be limited only to audits of past tax returns.
“All we’re doing is asking them to put that in writing,” Mr. Cornyn said.