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Miles Archer

(24,336 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 09:35 AM Yesterday

It will be a bigly yuge massive TRUTH-GASM as TODD BLANCHE answers questions about Trump's $1.7 B J-6 Slush Fund!

Acting attorney general expected to face questions about compensation fund for Trump allies

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/politics/live-news/todd-blanche-testimony-trump-administration

• Justice Department fund: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before a Senate subcommittee on the department’s 2027 budget. He will likely face questions about the DOJ’s creation of a $1.776 billion fund to compensate the president’s allies who claim they were targeted by the previous administration.

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It will be a bigly yuge massive TRUTH-GASM as TODD BLANCHE answers questions about Trump's $1.7 B J-6 Slush Fund! (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
Is he under oath? get the red out Yesterday #1
The Capital Police showed up for work... LakeVermilion Yesterday #2
I expect more of a Lieapalooza than a truthgasm. Midnight Writer Yesterday #3
If this awful idea gains headway, every person in the US should apply. Bury the allegorical oracle Yesterday #4

get the red out

(14,072 posts)
1. Is he under oath?
Tue May 19, 2026, 10:11 AM
Yesterday

How will he be forced to say anything but insults back at the Dems on the subcommittee? I don't see any way at all that a cabinet member can be required to answer questions, usually not even with lies.

LakeVermilion

(1,648 posts)
2. The Capital Police showed up for work...
Tue May 19, 2026, 10:28 AM
Yesterday

On January 6. They faced life threatening violence. Today the law and order Republicans will reward the rioters.

Tell me again how both sides are the same.

allegorical oracle

(6,593 posts)
4. If this awful idea gains headway, every person in the US should apply. Bury the
Tue May 19, 2026, 12:58 PM
Yesterday

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