Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has formally rescinded a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" that President Trump had proposed to compensate his political allies. The move clears a major obstacle ahead of Blanche's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as the fund had drawn bipartisan criticism partly because it could potentially have benefited people involved in the January 6 Capitol riot.

Blanche issued the termination order late on Sunday, 3 August 2026, with a confirmation vote scheduled for the following Tuesday. According to the order, no members had been appointed to the fund, no money had been transferred, and no claims had been paid before it was rescinded. Republican senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who had blocked Blanche's confirmation, had demanded a written termination after Trump kept publicly backing the fund despite Blanche previously testifying it would not go ahead; Trump has suggested he may try to revive it once the two senators leave office. The order separately narrowed tax audit immunity protections to apply only retroactively.