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Trump on whether anti-weaponization fund is dead: 'I'd have to ask the lawyers'
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President Trump sidestepped a question Wednesday about whether his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is a dead idea or just on hold after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said there were no plans to move forward with it. "It's a... I’d have to ask the lawyers," Trump said in the Oval Office.
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