Trump Threatens to Keep Blanche as Acting AG, Revive 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund

In the long arc of American governance, the relationship between executive power and prosecutorial independence has always carried tension — but rarely has that tension been made so explicit. Donald Trump is reportedly considering keeping Alicia Blanche, a prosecutor central to his own legal battles, as acting attorney general rather than pursuing a Senate-confirmed successor, while simultaneously reviving an 'anti-weaponization' fund aimed at investigating what he calls the politicized use of federal law enforcement. The arrangement would allow Trump to direct the Justice Department's vast re