2026年7月31日，美国东部时间上午8:15 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：基特·马厄
更新于2026年7月31日，美国东部时间上午9:56
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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室于2026年7月29日与交通部长肖恩·达菲一同出席杜勒斯国际机场翻新项目发布会时发表讲话。
唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇“应立即获得确认”，成为他提名的该职位永久人选，并为备受争议的18亿美元“反武器化基金”辩护——该基金正是提名迄今未能推进的核心症结。
特朗普周五在社交媒体发帖作出此番表态，就在一天前，他曾表示不会反对“暂时撤回”布兰奇的提名，直至阻挠提名的共和党议员——得克萨斯州参议员约翰·科宁和北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯——卸任。
尽管布兰奇此前已表示，这项争议性基金“已告终结”，司法部也已告知法院该项目已被废止，但科宁仍要求得到书面保证，确保该基金不会重启。
科宁还坚决要求布兰奇澄清该协议的一项附加条款，该条款为总统及其家人提供了税收豁免权。这位参议员希望布兰奇明确承认，该豁免仅适用于针对总统以及和解诉讼中所列人员的既往税务调查。
这些要求让布兰奇陷入两难境地：对税收附加条款设置限制可能会触怒特朗普。
在周五的帖子中，特朗普再次批评科宁，并坚称这笔源于特朗普与美国国税局和解协议的基金不会让他个人受益。他表示，该基金旨在帮助那些被拜登政府“不公正且非法毁掉人生”的人。
“我认为，他们应为所遭受的不公待遇获得赔偿，”特朗普说道。
尽管特朗普并未呼吁重启该基金，但他为设立该基金的做法辩护，并声称科宁“此前从未对此有过异议”。他还继续暗示，科宁阻挠布兰奇提名是出于个人恩怨——因为特朗普曾背书支持科宁在得克萨斯州的初选对手肯·帕克斯顿，而后者最终赢得了选举。
特朗普本周早些时候曾暗示，科宁在参议院发难是因为他没有背书支持科宁。
“也许约翰·科宁因为我没有给他背书而生气。我不知道具体原因，但我此前并未听说存在任何问题，”总统周三在椭圆形办公室说道。
科宁否认特朗普背书其初选对手一事影响了他的决定。他还表示，总统撤回提名的潜在举措不会解决任何问题。
“我认为司法部需要一名经参议院确认的司法部长，托德·布兰奇可能已是我们能获得的最佳人选，所以我认为他们应该落实托德·布兰奇曾宣誓的协议内容。他们需要将其书面化，使其具有可执行性。而到目前为止，他们一直不愿这么做，”科宁周四说道。
本文已更新补充更多信息。
Trump defends DOJ weaponization fund and attacks Cornyn, further imperiling Blanche nomination
Jul 31, 2026, 8:15 AM ET / CNN
By Kit Maher
Updated Jul 31, 2026, 9:56 AM ET
President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement about Dulles International Airport renovations with Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 29, 2026.
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President Donald Trump said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche “should be immediately approved” as his permanent pick for for the role and defended a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that’s at the crux of why the nomination has not yet moved forward.
Trump’s comments in a social media post on Friday come a day after the president said he wouldn’t object to “temporarily withdrawing” Blanche’s nomination until after the Republicans who are withholding their support, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, are out of office.
While Blanche has already said the controversial fund is “dead” and the Justice Department told courts the program was abandoned, Cornyn has demanded written assurances that the fund will not be revived.
Cornyn has been adamant that he also wants Blanche to clarify an addendum to that agreement which offers the president and members of his family tax immunity. The senator wants Blanche to explicitly acknowledge that it only applies to past tax investigations against the president and those listed in the lawsuit that was settled.
The demands have left Blanche in a difficult place, as putting limits on the tax addendum could anger the president.
In the Friday post, the president again criticized Cornyn and insisted that the fund, which was the result of a settlement agreement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, would not have benefitted him personally. Rather, he said it was intended for those “whose lives were unfairly and illegally destroyed” by the Biden administration.
“I felt that they should be given compensation for what has been done to them,” Trump said.
While he stopped short of calling for a renewal of the fund, Trump defended its imposition and claimed that Cornyn “never had a problem” with it. He continued to suggest the reason Cornyn is withholding support for Blanche is personal — given that Trump endorsed Ken Paxton, his primary opponent in Texas, who went on to win the race.
Trump suggested earlier this week that Cornyn was putting up a fight in the Senate, since he didn’t offer his endorsement.
“Maybe John Cornyn’s upset with me because I didn’t endorse him. I don’t know what it is, but I haven’t heard that there’s a problem,” the president said from the Oval Office on Wednesday.
Cornyn has denied that Trump’s endorsement of his primary opponent factored into his decision. He also said the president’s potential withdrawal of the nominee would not solve any problems.
“I think the DOJ needs a Senate-confirmed attorney general, and Todd Blanche is probably about as good as we’re going to get, and so I just think they need to do what Todd Blanche swore that this deal meant. They need to put that in writing so it’s enforceable. And so far, they have been unwilling to do that,” Cornyn said on Thursday.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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