2026年5月21日 上午11:22 美东时间 / CNN
作者：特德·巴雷特
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美国代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周四上午将与参议院共和党人举行会谈，一名共和党助手告诉CNN，此举旨在挽救司法部的“反武器化”基金，而该基金的命运正由该党权衡。
“我们的议员们对此有非常合理的质疑，我们已经讨论过该基金是否会成为未来政策的一部分、其可能的形态，以及我们如何确保它得到适当的监管，”参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩在会谈前表示。
布兰奇原本计划前往明尼苏达州，并预计在一场关于欺诈问题的新闻发布会上发表讲话。但他将改赴国会山与议员们会面，该基金的未来在此悬而未决。
参议院共和党人可能会为该计划设置限制的最新迹象是，参议院拨款委员会主席苏珊·柯林斯公开反对特朗普政府提出的一项18亿美元基金，该基金旨在为那些声称曾受到历届司法部不公平对待的个人提供补偿。
“我不支持外界所描述的这一武器化基金，”正在11月面临激烈连任竞选的柯林斯说道。“我认为，那些在1月6日被定罪暴力袭击警员的人，不应有权获得法律费用的报销。”
犹他州共和党参议员约翰·柯蒂斯在走进会谈会场时表示，他将“以开放的心态倾听，但老实说，我有一些严重的担忧”。
“我的担忧是什么？没错，行政部门能够随心所欲地在没有适当司法规则的情况下向个人拨款，这就是我的担忧，”他补充道。
民主党人也准备就共和党和解法案提出修正案，迫使共和党人直面这一可能用于赔偿唐纳德·特朗普总统盟友的基金。本周，这一新宣布的基金在共和党内部遭遇了切实的阻力，议员们担忧该基金可能在这个关键的中期选举年引发政治问题。
但白宫近日加倍推动将该基金作为更广泛移民资金一揽子计划的一部分，以落实总统的优先事项。其中包括他的东翼宴会厅翻新项目，该项目已经面临与参议院晦涩的预算规则相关的挑战，这些规则允许共和党规避参议院60票的通过门槛。
此次由 Politico 率先报道的布兰奇会谈前，共和党议员指出，他们尤其对该基金的运作方式存在疑问。
“我完全不知道这个‘小家伙’会如何运作。我不清楚资金从何而来，不清楚谁来做决定，也不清楚这与我们的司法系统如何兼容。我什么都不知道，这就是司法部长要来的原因，”路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪说道。
CNN的马努·拉朱、艾莉森·梅因和汉娜·拉比诺维茨对本文亦有贡献。
Blanche meets with Senate Republicans as Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund faces trouble on Capitol Hill
2026-05-21 11:22 AM ET / CNN
By Ted Barrett
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives at the US Capitol, May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is meeting with Senate Republicans Thursday morning, a GOP aide told CNN, in an attempt to save the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund as the party weighs its fate.
“Our members have very legitimate questions about it, and we’ve had some conversations about if it’s going to be a feature going forward, what it might look like, and how we might make sure that it’s fenced in appropriately,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said ahead of the meeting.
Blanche was initially scheduled to go to Minnesota where he was expected to speak at a press conference about fraud. Instead, he will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill where the fund’s future hangs in the balance.
In the latest sign that Senate Republicans may seek to put guardrails around the program, Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins came out against the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion fund for individuals claiming they had been unfairly treated by past Justice Departments.
“I do not support the weaponization fund as it has been described,” said Collins, who faces a tough reelection in November. “I do not believe individuals that were convicted of violence against police officers on Jan. 6 should be entitled to reimbursement of their legal fees.”
Utah GOP Sen. John Curtis said on his way into the meeting he’d “listen with an open mind, but I’m just telling you, I have some serious concerns.”
“What are my concerns? Yeah, an Executive Branch being able to, at their will, send money to people without the proper judicial rule. Those are my concerns,” he continued.
Democrats are also preparing amendments to the GOP’s reconciliation bill to put Republicans on the spot over the fund that could be used to compensate President Donald Trump’s allies. The newly announced fund has run into real issues in the GOP conference this week, with lawmakers expressing concern over the political problems it could raise in a critical midterm election year.
But the White House has doubled down in recent days on its push to fund the president’s priorities as part of the broader package of immigration money. That includes his East Wing ballroom project, which has already run into challenges related to the chamber’s arcane budget rules that would allow the GOP to skirt the Senate’s 60-vote threshold.
Ahead of the Blanche meeting, which was first reported by Politico, Republican lawmakers noted that they have questions over how the fund in particular would work.
“I just don’t know how this puppy dog will work. I’m not sure where the money’s coming from. I’m not sure who’s going to decide. I’m not sure how this works with respect to our court system. I don’t know. I don’t know anything about anything, which is why the attorney general’s coming,” Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy said.
CNN’s Manu Raju, Alison Main and Hannah Rabinowitz contributed to this report.
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