GOP 'deal' collapses in Todd Blanche nomination fight
Is Todd Blanche’s nomination back on track after he allegedly “rescinded” the $1.8 billion slush fund & limited the tax immunity provision in the “settlement agreement” in Trump’s collusion w/the IRS & Treasury Dept.? There's no enforceability to what Blanche has done: youtu.be/Em09xu3UGxQ?...
Ariana Niko25A last-minute promise with no enforcement mechanism isn’t reform. It’s a favor to wavering senators. Confirm Blanche now, and Trump can quietly revive the whole arrangement later. Why should anyone trust a deal designed to disappear the moment the vote is over?
Lavonne 🇺🇦18"These assurances are not worth the paper they're written on. They don’t pull back on the ongoing attempts to give the President, his family, and his affiliates unauthorized immunity from tax audits. They don’t do anything new to stop the President from trying to bring back the fund..."
🇺🇸🇨🇿🇺🇦⚫11Perhaps you could address one question that confuses many of us who have not been practicing attys. The Judge in the “Amici Case” determined the entire scheme was a fraud. Doesn’t the fraud finding automatically negate any legitimacy to the settlement?
Rex & Remi7Cornyn and Tillis don't care. They wanted to act tough but they were always going to vote to confirm him. They don't want to miss out on all the sweet post-Senate riches by pissing off the oligarchs and Trump.
Madison6Exactly. I don’t understand why Tillis and Cornyn are pretending this is what they asked for. It’s absurd! Trump must have offered them something and hey, maybe that’s what these scumbags wanted all along.
Pacific NW Reader6Girlfriend, I called both Cornyn and Tillis' offices this morning to leave a message for those losers.
Katie Phang1589Did Todd Blanche pull the wool over the eyes of Tillis and Cornyn? Or did they put on a dog and pony show of acting like they were fighting for some “concessions”?
Lavonne 🇺🇦15Legalese, 10 min it gets good and at 13 min she goes off on trust me bro Blanche. Todd is acting as Trump and fail sons attorney representing them in the tax immunity for life agreement. It specifically says that it covers all of his affiliates and anybody that bows to him. Phang 🎯 Epstein Files
Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans3It’s all a lie! Listen to Katie explain it!
Update: We initially thought the Trump IRS settlement had been eliminated. It wasn’t. Part of it was eliminated. The biggest change is that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded the proposed $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” a taxpayer-funded slush fund that was created as
Alt National Park Service134part of Trump’s settlement with the IRS after he agreed to drop his lawsuit over the “leak of his tax returns”. The fund had drawn criticism because it would have compensated people claiming they were victims of government “weaponization,” including concerns that January 6 defendants would benefit.
Owen D. V. Sholes, Ph.D.24A letter to a Senator is not legally binding
Lachrymalis19I'm so effing tired of blatant corruption.
Morgan Mghee13He formally stated it would be rescinded, the actual order has not been issued.
Trump/GOP corruption threatens the world12The participants in the settlement (Trump) would have to sign the agreement. Think he's going to do that? Nothing's changed, there are so many holes in this agreement it is worthless. Cornyn and Tillis were never serious or THEY would have wrote a legally binding agreement.
Loops9This settlement is half the amount that would go to Medicare drug subsidies for the elderly.
Todd Blanche’s nomination to formally lead the Department of Justice appears to be back on track after two Republican holdouts signed off on a deal giving President Donald Trump and his family immunity from Internal Revenue Service audits. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Lpeterp41No ethical Senator would vote to confirm the President's personal attorney as Attorney General.
GayGuy22It's funny how anybody thinks that this could possibly last past Trump's presidency. No law is permanent. 
The Watchcat Wrecking Crew🌙17Smh. That's what this whole thing was about. Trump never cared that much about giving other people money, it was just a vehicle to get the tax immunity.
Brian Munroe 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦16Every GOP senator that voted for him is just showing what crooks they are.
Nerdbro300010What a mess... Cornyn is 74 and Tillis is 65; why can’t they do the right thing and vote no then ride off into the sunset? Instead they’re showing themselves as crooks or cowards…🤮
eightmjc.bsky.social7So the man who is currently breaking the law by not releasing the Epstein files is going to be the head law enforcement person for the ppl?
Keep calling your senators. And remind them of all the other reasons Todd Blanche should never be AG.
Jody Elliott LMHC 4District 52Any Senator who approves Blanche is participating in hiding the Epstein files. Blanche is in violation of the Epstein Transparency Law and any approving Senator binds themself to that.
Sue Me1Two Old White Men protecting Old White Pedophiles. Let them know that's their legacy.
1startraveler.bsky.social1These senators should be and their legacy of bending the knee to a corrupt president will be remembered and stamped in history!
Happy Puppy1Call every one.. NO TO BLANCHE
[The Great War & Modern Memory]1Ted Cruz's office won't pick up. Cornyn's office did pick up and a sweet intern took down my objections to Blanche. #Texas
Writer Author Filmmaker1Probably too late, the payoffs have probably cleared in Cornyn & Tillis's offshore accounts
Tillis and Cornyn’s acceptance of a loophole-filled deal with Trump and Blanche reminds us that every prominent Republican politician who has stuck with Trump over the last decade is a traitor.
LL for Democracy5God help us with this guy as AG.
Michael Markman4What are the odds that the Democrats will point this out in their campaigning for the midterms? (Especially in Senate races). The key goal for Democrats is to convert Trump’s off the chart disapproval into Demicratic votes.
battleborn1.bsky.social3I said this all along. They will fucking cave! They always always always do!! Greedy cowards. ALL of them 🤬🤬
Kai [I am an extraordinarily brilliant person] Kronfield3It's pretty demoralizing that there are still a significant number of people that need to be reminded of this. They haven't been subtle.
Petmomnw3So their resistance was cosplay. MAGAts are the worst.
VT Moderate 🇩🇰 🇨🇦 🇺🇦2If Republicans can give Trump crime family immunity from tax audits, can Democrats take that immunity away when they gain power?
Khashoggi's Ghost174"Where the I.R.S. previously made a point of regularly auditing whoever occupies the Oval Office, Mr. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to."
Doug Hammond6We may never know what deal was struck to make these two happy, but we can be certain it wasn't good for the people of our country to accept this weak deal that barely addresses the weaponization fund, but leaves the unprecedented tax immunity in place for Trump and his first family of grifters.
Sande4Because REPUBLICANS. A party of traitors.
"First, Democratic senators should kill the deal on the continuing resolution. Then they need to use the Blanche confirmation to highlight the truth that a Republican Senate will simply be a rubber stamp for Trump over the next two years." Now do it.
Rooster3Why in hell is Schumer cutting deals now on a CR? WTF? And you wonder why Schumer has to spend $60 mil in Michigan to try to defend one of his stooges from being upset by a DSA candidate. $60 mil that should have been spent on Republicans! And you wonder why the DNC can't raise money? Schumer.
Dirty Dolly3I do NOT want taxpayer money to convicted felons. A million dollars? Let Trump pay. He has billions.
The switcheroo on this one once Cornyn and Tillis are gone next year is gonna be epic www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
phenke.bsky.social6Will they even wait till next year? Didn’t RFK jr immediately go back on his word to Bill Cassidy?
adriana1o5.bsky.social2I don't expect them to wait. Is there some new piece of info making you think they will? This is a free pass for Trump, nothing will stop him.
Laminariales1Why would they wait until next year? They're just trying to get Blanche in permanently, and then at some point after the November elections they'll shove through the whole thing with the MAGA terrorist stipends.
The Capitol switchboard operates 24/7 👉202-224-3121 ☎️ Your 2 local senators ☎️ Sen. Judiciary Cmtee leaders (R) Grassley & (D) Durbin. Your call won't be weighted as much if Tillis/Cornyn aren't your senators, but u can still call them on this bc it's a nat'l issue. 2/5 www.npr.org/2026/08/03/g...
Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7!22If you can't get through to Senators Cornyn and/or Tillis, you can send an email via their websites. Don't know what to say/write? See last post here for a loose suggestion. It doesn't have to be wordy -- just a firm NO!! Their offices keep score! 3/5 www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact-john...
Jane Voter2I will call my Senators. They hope to have this before the full Senate later this week.
