2026-06-02T23:29:04.545Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/politics/blanche-house-testimony-takeaways
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周二向议员证实，美国司法部已放弃设立“反武器化”基金的计划，该基金本用于向那些声称遭到政府错误起诉的人提供赔偿。
“我们不会推进该基金，就是这样，”布兰奇在众议院拨款小组委员会讨论司法部预算申请的听证会上表示。
“永远不推进了？”民主党众议员格蕾丝·孟问道。
“没错，”布兰奇回应道。
在这场时长两小时的听证会上，布兰奇整体状态放松，面对民主党人的提问时始终保持惯有的怀疑眼神和皱起眉头的表情。
他的这一宣布是在白宫首次暗示愿意废除该基金的次日作出的。该基金是美国国税局与唐纳德·特朗普总统、其两名儿子以及特朗普集团达成和解协议中提出的一项内容。
废除该基金反映了司法部的一次立场大反转。
当时有消息人士向美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）透露，起初司法部高级官员坚称不会修改该基金的细节，尽管遭到共和党人的反对。布兰奇在5月19日的参议院听证会上还公开支持该基金，称其是“改变武器化文化”的最佳方式。
但在经历了国会共和党人持续数周的强烈反对后，一些盟友开始敦促总统彻底废除该基金。共和党人声称需要设立严格的保障措施，以确保资金使用得当，并威胁要搁置另一项独立法案。
司法部周一曾含糊其辞地表示，将遵守法院裁决暂停设立该基金，但未说明如果该裁决被推翻将采取何种行动。布兰奇在周二听证会上作出的明确表态，是政府官员首次明确表示该基金已被彻底废弃。
布兰奇表示，设立该基金的初衷——即所谓的司法系统被武器化——“依然和以往一样重要，但我们不会推进该基金”。
税务审计保护措施仍有效
在证词中，这位代理司法部长还表示，另一项禁止美国国税局就过往税务问题起诉特朗普、其家人或企业的协议没有任何变化，不会被撤销。
该税务条款是在最初宣布和解协议后，于上月被悄悄添加到司法部新闻稿的超链接中，与美国国税局达成的和解协议里。
“解除过往正在进行的审计是常规操作，”布兰奇在为这份被他称为“司法部长令”的文件辩护时说道。
“这并未为总统、其家人或其企业提供任何未来的豁免权，”他补充道。
在最初就“反武器化”基金向布兰奇发问的孟进行跟进提问时，这位代理司法部长表示不会提交任何撤销该和解协议的文件。
“我只是想确认一下，”孟说，“你会发布一份新的书面备忘录，撤销5月18日的那份备忘录吗？”
布兰奇皱着眉头回应道：“我不会承诺会以书面形式作出任何安排。”
“我不知道以书面形式作出安排有什么意义。我已经告诉你们我们要做什么了，”他补充道。
孟表示，这“将恢复很多信任”，因为美国两党民众都对此感到担忧。
“我只是担心，因为你没有宣誓作证，”她最后说道，“我想要信任你，也想要相信你。我们都一样，但把内容写下来就能解决这个问题。”
共和党领袖希望布兰奇关于司法部“不会推进”这项引发争议的基金的承诺，能结束困扰特朗普长达数周的政治麻烦。但目前仍无法确定此事是否就此了结。
一项大规模的共和党移民拨款法案已在参议院陷入停滞，此前共和党议员因该基金发起抗议——许多人尤其担心2021年1月6日国会大厦骚乱的参与者会获得赔偿。
许多共和党人周二晚间都在仔细研读细则，以判断布兰奇的表态是否足够打消他们的疑虑。
如果有足够多的共和党人被说服，参议院共和党领袖认为他们可以在未来几天推进这项大型移民拨款法案。但这一切仍可能生变，普通议员对白宫的不满情绪依然高涨。共和党参议员一直以来都在要求特朗普政府就该基金给出明确且具体的说明。目前尚不清楚是否有足够多的共和党人愿意就此推进法案。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩被问及自布兰奇作证以来是否与持反对意见的议员沟通过。
“我们一直在与我们的成员沟通，继续与他们对话，看看情况会如何发展，”他说道。
美国有线电视新闻网的莎拉·费里斯和泰德·巴雷特对本文亦有贡献。
Takeaways from Blanche’s House testimony: ‘Anti-weaponization’ fund is over, ban on Trump tax audits remains
2026-06-02T23:29:04.545Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/politics/blanche-house-testimony-trump-fund-takeaways
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified to lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department has abandoned its plans for an “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate people who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the government.
“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche told the House Appropriations subcommittee at the hearing set to discuss the Justice Department’s budget request.
“Not moving forward, ever?” asked Democratic Rep. Grace Meng.
“Correct,” Blanche said.
Blanche, largely relaxed during the two-hour hearing, answered questions posed by Democrats with his standard incredulous glare and furrowed brow.
His announcement on the comes one day after the administrated first signaled a willingness to scrap the fund, which was announced in a settlement between the Internal Revenue Service and President Donald Trump, two of his sons and the Trump Organization.
Abandoning the fund reflects an about-face for the department.
At first, senior Justice Department officials insisted that they wouldn’t change the details of the fund despite pushback from republicans, sources told CNN at the time. Blanche publicly backed it during his May 19 Senate testimony as the best way to “change the culture” of weaponization.
But after weeks of unrelenting pushback from congressional republicans, who claimed that there needed to be serious guardrails put in place to ensure that money was being used appropriately and threatened to hold up a separate piece of legislation, some allies began encouraging the president to scrap it entirely.
The Justice Department said vaguely on Monday that it would abide by a court ruling to pause the fund’s creation but did not say what it would do if that ruling was lifted. Blanche’s unequivocal statement during his Tuesday testimony is the first time an administration official definitively said that the fund had been discarded entirely.
Blanche said the “reasons for the fund,” alleged weaponization of the justice system, “remain as important as they were before, but we are not moving forward with the fund.”
Tax audit protections remain
As part of his testimony, the acting attorney general also said that “nothing has changed” in a second agreement that bars the IRS from bringing claims against Trump, his family or businesses for past tax issues will not be rescinded.
The tax term was quietly added to the settlement with the IRS in a hyperlink to a Justice Department press release last month after its initial announcement.
“It’s typical for to get rid of past ongoing audits,” Blanche said defending the document, which he called an “Attorney General order.”
“It’s nothing that gives any sort of immunity in the future to the president or his family or his organizations,” he said.
During a follow up question from Meng, who originally pressed Blanche on the anti-weaponization fund, the acting attorney general said he would not submit any filings rescinding the settlement agreement.
“I just want to make sure,” Meng said, “are you going to issue a new memo in writing, rescinding that May 18 memo?”
Blanche, with a furrowed brow, replied: “I’m not committing to putting anything in writing.”
“I don’t know what the purpose of putting something in writing. I’m telling you what we’re doing,” he added.
Meng said it would “restore a lot of trust” since Americans on “both sides of the aisle are concerned about it.”
“I’m just concerned because you’re not under oath,” she concluded, “and I want to trust you, and I want to believe you. We all do, but putting it in writing would settle that issue.”
Republican leaders are hopeful that Blanche’s commitment that the Justice Department is “not moving forward” with the contentious fund will end a weekslong political headache for Trump. But it’s too early to know for sure.
A massive GOP immigration funding bill has been stalled in the Senate after Republicans revolted over the fund — with many especially anxious over the potential for January 6, 2021, rioters to get payouts.
Many Republicans are now spending Tuesday night reading over the fine print to see whether Blanche’s remarks are enough.
If enough are convinced, Senate GOP leaders believe they can begin advancing their big immigration funding bill in the coming days. But that could all be derailed, with rank-and-file frustration at the White House still high. GOP senators have been pressing for clarity and specifics from the Trump administration over the fund. It’s not yet clear if a critical mass of Republicans are willing to move ahead.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune was asked if he has spoken to his hold outs since the Blanche testimony.
“We’ve been talking to our members, continue to dialog with them and see where it goes,” he said.
CNN’s Sarah Ferris and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.
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