Raskin aims to force vote on bill barring Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Democratic leaders Thursday he plans to force a vote on legislation blocking the creation of President Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund and a related deal to bar investigation of his and his family’s past tax activities.

Raskin will need to get 218 signatures on a discharge petition to advance the bill — a procedure that allows a bill to circumvent the chamber’s GOP leadership and leapfrog straight to the floor without passing through committee.

The title of the bill takes a shot at acting Attorney General Todd Blanche with a lengthy title: The No Corrupt Agreements Requiring Taxpayer Expenditures Benefitting Lawbreakers and Assorted Non-Prosecution Covenants, Handouts, and Emoluments Act — or the NO CARTE BLANCHE Act.

The legislation combines two efforts from Raskin. One would block the $1.776 billion fund created by the Justice Department after Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. The fund was expected to award former defendants involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and other Trump allies who claim to have been wronged........

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