Cornyn and Tillis called it ironclad.

Sealed

August 5, 2026 · Ibid.

Cartoon of a Justice Department basement: two grinning senators pose with a padlock and red ribbon on a huge dry valve labeled ANTI-WEAPONIZATION, while two feet away a rusty pipe tagged JUDGMENT FUND gushes cash into a bucket held by Todd Blanche, seated on a crate writing a check and saying 'Take your time.'

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general on Tuesday in a party-line vote. Blanche, currently acting attorney general and formerly Trump's personal defense lawyer, cleared committee after a deal with Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis to block a proposed 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' for Trump allies including January 6 defendants. Public Citizen notes Blanche facilitated a seven-figure settlement for a pardoned abortion clinic protester a week earlier, payable from the Judgment Fund regardless of the deal; Sen. Susan Collins announced her opposition late Tuesday, after the votes were secured.