How a Republican revolt killed off Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund

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  Good morning.

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  The so-called anti-weaponization fund is no more as the DOJ bows to pressure from Republican lawmakers.

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  But as Reuters explains, Trump's new pick to lead the intelligence agencies has kept tensions with his party high.

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  Mr. Pulte's single major qualification for being named by the president appears to be his loyalty to the president.

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  And tonight, it's an NBA Finals rematch years in the making.

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  It's Wednesday, June 3rd.

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  I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shamita Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  It took just over two weeks for a massive reversal from the Justice Department.

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  The reasons for the fund is something that President Trump talked about for a long time,

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  which is the fact that there were a lot of people in this country who had their government weaponized against them.

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  The reasons for the fund, I think, remain as important as they were before,

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  but we are not moving forward with the fund.

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  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's remarks at a House committee hearing yesterday brought

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  an end to a short-lived attempt to set up what the DOJ was calling an anti-weaponization fund.

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  Not moving forward ever.

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  Correct.

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  Oh, there's no more fund then?

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  Well, to the extent there was a fund.

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  Remember, the fund wasn't set up yet.

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