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GOP's 'remarkable' Trump humiliation floors ex-prosecutor: 'They have gone too far'

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The GOP delivered one of its most "remarkable" humiliations of President Donald Trump this week, which stunned a former federal prosecutor. Last week, the GOP successfully held up Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation to the attorney general job over concerns about the $1.776 billion so-called "anti-weaponization" fund the Trump Department of Justice has sought to create to pay former January 6 rioters and Trump allies who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted by the government. The DOJ is pursuing the fund as part of a settlement between Trump and the IRS in a $10 billion lawsuit that stemmed from Trump's tax returns being leaked as part of a trove of tax returns released by an agency contractor. The move was remarkable to Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor, who said on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" that the move was humiliating to the president, who has gotten used to getting everything he wants from his Republican caucus. "It is a question of th

First report: Blanche vote on hold over anti-weaponization fund opposition — cascadepbs.org, 11d