Tillis Vows To End Anti-Weaponization Fund Despite Trump Opposition, Says Blanche Has Been ‘Thoughtful and Patient’

LEFT: Thom Tillis (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) RIGHT: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) vowed Friday to continue work to eliminate President Donald Trump’s controversial “anti-weaponization fund,” again breaking with the president while praising Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as “thoughtful and patient.”

Tillis’ comments come as Blanche’s nomination, scheduled for Thursday, has stalled over concerns from Tillis and fellow Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who demanded written assurances from the Justice Department that a Trump-IRS settlement would not create the “anti-weaponization fund” or shield the Trump family from future tax audits.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) also chimed in on Thursday, telling CNN while his mind isn’t made up on Blanche, he’s “very concerned about the weaponization of the Justice Department.”

Both Cornyn and Tillis met with Blanche Thursday to discuss the issue.

Tillis wrote on X Friday:

The President made it clear today that the so-called Anti Weaponization Fund is still alive, which is exactly why we are attempting to formally end it. While I never disagreed that the Biden Administration pursued a number of vindictive prosecutions related to January 6, the criminals who assaulted police officers and defiled our nation’s Capitol are not “great American patriots” who are “victims of government abuse.” Anyone who attacked law enforcement should still be in prison, not getting a check from the federal government.

Senator Cornyn and I have been working with Acting AG Todd Blanche to end the Anti Weaponization Fund, and he has been forthright, thoughtful and patient. It’s a shame his confirmation has hit a snag only because an incompetent personal advisor to the President refuses to amend the bogus settlement. I will continue working in good faith to put an end this legal and political albatross and prevent any potential misallocation of taxpayer dollars.

The North Carolina Senator was referring to a Friday morning Truth Social post from Trump, in which he slammed Cornyn and promised the fund would “benefit” the “great American Patriots who were hunted down like dogs and whose lives were unfairly and illegally destroyed by the Crooked Joe Biden Administration.”

“They are suffering still, many ruined, and I felt that they should be given compensation for what has been done to them,” Trump continued, later adding: “I will always feel that these victims of government abuse should be paid back for what they were forced to endure, their lives have been ruined!”

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