Trump has nominated Todd Blanche, his former personal attorney and acting attorney general, to take over the job permanently, but he had in recent weeks run into a wall of opposition in the Senate. Instead, Blanche's order leaves paths open for these contested settlement clauses to return, and amounts to a "sneaky ploy" to save his job. But Trump has refused to let the topic go, repeatedly affirming his support for the supposedly defunct fund. Let’s be clear: It’s more certain that Trump is still pursuing bounties for rioters today than when this started. Trump is openly stating that’s the goal, taking legal action to get there and refusing to do the one thing that would kill it."