Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche defends new $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

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Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche defends a new $1.8 billion fund for those claiming politicized prosecutions.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending a new $1.8 billion Department of Justice fund for people who claim they were targets of politicized prosecutions. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports. Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

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Guest: Todd Blanche

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• politicized prosecutions
• Department of Justice
• funding
• government
• law enforcement

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• Todd Blanche
• Department of Justice
• Anti-Weaponization Fund
• politicized prosecutions
• NPR

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