Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund", to compensate his political allies and Jan 6 rioters, is officially dead after the president's pick for attorney general, Todd Blanche, announced it had been "rescinded." The controversial "anti-weaponization fund" was created in May as part of an agreement to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement"We are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund," it read. Blanche, the president's former personal attorney, became deputy attorney general last year. Trump formally nominated Blanche to become Attorney General in June.