00:02We begin this morning with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche breaking a weeks-long standoff with Republican senators by scrapping
00:10a controversial part of President Trump's settlement with the IRS.
00:14Blanche announced Sunday night that he has formally rescinded Trump's proposed $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund just two days
00:23before the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on his nomination to become Attorney General.
00:28The move follows a political stalemate with Republican Senators Tom Tillis and John Cornyn, who had refused to advance Blanche's
00:36nomination until the fund was officially removed in writing.
00:40The fund was part of a settlement resolving Trump's lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department.
00:45It would have paid people who claimed they were politically targeted by the federal government during the Biden administration.
00:51Blanche also revised another part of the settlement, making clear that its protections apply only to IRS matters that were
01:00already open when the agreement was signed and do not shield future tax returns or audits.
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