It is unprecedented and no one else but the President would even think of trying to get it in this way under these circumstances. And he was able to get it only because Todd Blanche acted as his personal lawyer, not as Attorney General of the United States. Senator Cornyn himself put it well at the hearing about this contract for the slush fund, quote, just to be clear, the President of the United States, who was a plaintiff in this lawsuit, has not agreed in writing to delete the weaponization fund. (14:04–14:12)
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Asserts that Todd Blanche acted in Donald Trump's personal interest rather than as a public official.
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