2026-06-02T20:04:05.361Z / 路透社
华盛顿6月2日电（路透社）——美国代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周二对议员表示，特朗普政府将放弃总统提出的近18亿美元“惩戒”基金，此前该基金罕见地遭到共和党参议员的反对。
“我们不会推进这项基金，”布兰奇说，“到此为止。”
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但布兰奇同时对议员们表示，与特朗普达成的禁止未来审计其本人及其家族过往纳税记录的协议仍将有效。
该基金源于特朗普总统与司法部之间的一项法律和解，旨在解决特朗普针对国税局提起的、涉及所谓税务记录处理不当的100亿美元诉讼。
共和党议员对此表示强烈反对，称该基金可能会阻碍一项为特朗普移民打击行动提供资金的720亿美元法案的通过，该基金随后被取消。
布兰奇曾是特朗普的私人律师，自4月初特朗普解雇帕姆·邦迪出任司法部长以来，他一直担任司法部的最高职位。一位熟悉白宫想法的人士表示，布兰奇的未来取决于他能否解决共和党议员对该基金的担忧。
这笔17.76亿美元的基金原本用于向那些声称遭受过政府虐待的人支付赔偿。上个月，布兰奇拒绝承诺排除在2021年1月6日国会大厦骚乱期间袭击警察的人员，这激怒了参议员们。
两位不愿透露姓名的知情人士透露，白宫官员在周一大部分时间都在致电议员，向他们保证在共和党人反对后不会发放任何赔偿。
白宫将问题转交给司法部，司法部发言人表示，赔偿遭受政府虐待的受害者仍是本届政府的优先事项。
“该基金的初衷是继续纠正往届政府犯下的错误，但鉴于外界对这件事存在极大误解，司法部不会推进这项基金，”发言人艾米丽·卡温顿说道。
2026年6月2日，美国华盛顿国会山，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在众议院拨款委员会商务、司法、科学及相关机构小组委员会就司法部事务举行的监督听证会上作证。路透社/伊芙琳·霍克斯坦
布兰奇表示不会将此事书面化
在周二下午的听证会上，民主党议员敦促布兰奇给出该基金已彻底取消的明确承诺，但布兰奇表示他不会将此书面化。
“我为什么要把某件事写成书面形式？”布兰奇说，“我不会承诺以书面形式做任何事。”
民主党众议员罗莎·德拉洛表示，布兰奇本不应该批准协议中禁止未来审计特朗普及其企业纳税记录的条款，并指出他曾是特朗普的私人律师。
“你刚刚为总统及其家族提供了约1亿美元的税务豁免，”德拉洛说道，她援引了相关报道称特朗普可能面临这笔金额的国税局税务处罚。“作为美国代理司法部长，你不觉得你现在的行为存在任何利益冲突吗？”
布兰奇表示，该协议并未授予特朗普“全面豁免权”，并驳斥了德拉洛的批评。
“你说的利益冲突是什么？”布兰奇回应道，“仅仅因为我曾经有一份工作，现在又有了一份新工作？”
听证会上的众议院共和党议员并未对该基金提出批评。
代表400多名国会大厦骚乱被告的律师彼得·蒂克廷表示，他和他的客户并未对这一消息感到沮丧。
“他们仍然期待获得赔偿，”蒂克廷说，他已经为10名被告提出了最高可达300万美元的赔偿申请。“他们信任唐纳德·特朗普。”
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Trump administration drops $1.8 billion ‘weaponization’ fund after Republican backlash
2026-06-02T20:04:05.361Z / Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is abandoning the president’s nearly $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday, after a rare backlash from Republican senators.
“We are not moving forward with the fund,” Blanche said. “Period.”
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But Blanche also told lawmakers that an agreement with Trump to bar future audits of his or his family’s past tax records will remain in place.
The fund emerged from a legal settlement between President Donald Trump and the Justice Department to resolve an unprecedented $10 billion Trump lawsuit against the IRS over the alleged mishandling of his tax records.
The fund was dropped after furious Republican lawmakers said it might threaten the passage of a $72 billion bill to fund Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Blanche, Trump’s former personal attorney, has held the top job at the Justice Department since early April, when Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general. A person familiar with the White House’s thinking said Blanche’s future hinged on his ability to address the concerns of Republican lawmakers about the fund.
The $1.776 billion fund was meant to pay people who said they had been the subject of government abuse, and Blanche angered senators last month when he would not commit to excluding people who assaulted police officers during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
White House officials spent much of Monday calling lawmakers to assure them there would be no payouts after the Republican revolt, said two sources familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
The White House referred questions to the Justice Department, where a spokesperson said compensating people who have suffered from government abuse is still a priority for the administration.
“The goal of the fund was about continuing the process of fixing the wrongs committed by past administrations, but given the extraordinary misunderstanding of this, the DOJ is not proceeding with the fund,” spokesperson Emily Covington said.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before a House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee oversight hearing on the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
BLANCHE SAYS HE WON’T PUT IT IN WRITING
At a hearing on Tuesday afternoon, Democratic lawmakers pressed for a definitive promise that the fund was dead, but Blanche said he would not put that in writing.
“Why do I need to put something in writing?” Blanche said. “I’m not committing to doing anything in writing.”
Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro said Blanche should not have signed off on the portion of the agreement that bars future tax audits of Trump and his businesses, noting that he formerly served as Trump’s personal attorney.
“You just gave the president and his family a tax immunity to the tune of about $100 million,” DeLauro said, referring to reports that Trump could face that amount in an IRS tax penalty. “Do you not find that there’s any conflict of interest in what you doing here as the acting attorney general of the United States?”
Blanche said the agreement did not give Trump “blanket immunity” and rejected DeLauro’s criticism.
“What are you saying is the conflict?” Blanche responded. “The fact that I used to have a job and I have a current job?”
House Republicans at the hearing did not criticize the fund.
Peter Ticktin, an attorney representing more than 400 January 6 defendants, said he and his clients are not dismayed about the announcement.
“They still expect to get paid,” said Ticktin, who has filed claims for 10 defendants requesting up to $3 million. “They trust Donald Trump.”
Reporting by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Nandita Bose, Richard Cowan and Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Michael Learmonth, Andy Sullivan, Andrea Ricci, Deepa Babington and Cynthia Osterman
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