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华盛顿5月21日路透电 —— 参议院共和党人周四与代理司法部长托德·布兰奇举行会谈，讨论特朗普政府18亿美元的“反政治迫害”基金。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩对记者表示，他所在的53名共和党参议员希望听布兰奇解释该基金的运作方式，以及“特朗普政府官员打算如何使用这笔资金”。
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这笔“反政治迫害基金”源自特朗普总统2019年至2020年间因税务信息被泄露给媒体，对美国国税局提起的100亿美元诉讼。
据法律专家透露，本周披露的一项法律和解方案将设立该基金，用于所谓政治“迫害”的受害者。该和解方案还将禁止对特朗普的税务申报进行审计。
“显然，我们的议员们对此有非常合理的疑问，”图恩说，“我们一直在讨论……如果这项基金要作为一项长期机制存在，它应该是什么样子，以及我们如何确保它得到适当的监管？”
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民主党人抨击这项安排是特朗普的“贿赂基金”，并警告称，他们已准备好在参议院本周即将通过的一项无关法案中提出多项修正案。该法案将为美国国土安全部的驱逐行动提供720亿美元额外资金。
这使得参议院共和党人陷入两难境地：要么为这笔在华盛顿引发轩然大波的基金辩护，要么如果他们与民主党人合作或试图对该基金施加一些“监管限制”，就可能招致特朗普的愤怒。
有记者问图恩，这场争议——以及特朗普原本希望用于新建白宫宴会厅的10亿美元拨款可能被移除——是否会阻碍移民执法法案的通过。
“总有这种可能性，”图恩说道，并补充称他仍在推进该法案的工作。
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U.S. Senate Republicans meet with AG Blanche on Trump fund
2026-05-21 15:29:13 UTC / Reuters
By Richard Cowan
May 21, 2026 3:29 PM UTC Updated 42 mins ago
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WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – Senate Republicans were meeting with Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday to discuss the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that his 53 Republican senators want to hear an explanation from Blanche on how the fund would work “and what they (Trump administration officials) intend to do with it.”
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The meeting began shortly after Thune’s remarks.
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The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” stems from a $10 billion lawsuit President Donald Trump had filed against the Internal Revenue Service over a disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020.
A legal settlement subsequently was revealed this week for the fund, which would be for victims of alleged political “weaponization.” It also would bar audits of Trump taxes, according to legal experts.
“Obviously our members have very legitimate questions about it,” Thune said. “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?”
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Democrats have attacked the arrangement as a Trump “slush fund” and warned that they have prepared several amendments to an unrelated bill the Senate is trying to pass this week providing $72 billion in additional funding to Department of Homeland Security deportation efforts.
That has left Senate Republicans in the difficult position of either defending the fund, which has stirred a maelstrom in Washington, or potentially incurring Trump’s wrath if they joined forces with Democrats or tried to impose some “guardrails” on the fund.
Thune was asked by reporters whether this controversy — and the likely removal of $1 billion from the legislation that Trump wanted to help build a new White House ballroom — could stand in the way of passing the immigration law enforcement bill.
“There’s always a chance,” Thune said, adding that he was still working on the legislation.
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