Van Hollen Destroys Blanche Over $1.7 Billion Fund — Violent Offenders Could Get Your Tax Money

Trump's former personal defense attorney Todd Blanche now runs a $1.776 billion Justice Department fund — and no federal judge approved it.

During his first Senate hearing since becoming temporary Attorney General, Senator Chris Van Hollen confronted Blanche with a devastating question: could individuals who assaulted Capitol Police officers on January 6th receive taxpayer money from this fund?

Blanche's answer stunned the room: "Anybody in this country is completely eligible to apply for this payout if they simply believe they were a victim."

Van Hollen called it an "outrageous unprecedented slush fund" — and demanded specific rules barring violent offenders from receiving payouts. Blanche refused.

Here's what makes this fund different from every previous DOJ settlement:
- No federal judge approved it (unlike the Keepseagle case DOJ cited as precedent)
- No opposing party existed in the underlying IRS case
- The President himself stated: "I am supposed to work out a settlement with myself"
- Legal experts told NPR and CNN the filing deadline had likely expired
- DOJ deliberately chose not to raise that defense

The $1.776 billion was pulled from the federal judgment fund — not a new spending bill — by dropping the President's own $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. The specific amount references 1776.

The oversight board? Five members, all appointed by the temporary Attorney General. The President can remove any member at any time. Only one seat requires consultation with Congress.

The fund's publicly announced rules require no proof of harm and no connection to the underlying IRS case — meaning a leaked tax return violation could theoretically fund payouts to anyone who simply claims they were affected.

This is the same Blanche who:
- Bypassed a Senate confirmation hearing
- Was advised by DOJ's top ethics lawyer to recuse from cases involving the President
- Oversaw the firing of FBI agents involved in the President's prosecution
- Demanded career prosecutors admit wrongdoing for refusing to drop the Eric Adams case
- Interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, who denied any Epstein client list existed

Senator Van Hollen also pressed Blanche on Epstein survivors and whether he would commit to never recommending a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.

Watch the full breakdown of how a president's personal lawyer transformed into the gatekeeper of nearly $2 billion in taxpayer money — with zero judicial oversight.

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