Cornyn Questions AG Nominee Blanche on Anti-Weaponization Fund, Mail-Order Abortion Drugs

Cornyn Questions AG Nominee Blanche on Anti-Weaponization Fund, Mail-Order Abortion Drugs News Cornyn Questions AG Nominee Blanche on Anti-Weaponization Fund, Mail-Order Abortion Drugs July 15, 2026 CORNYN: ‘The Attorney General has the hardest job in Washington, D.C., because you are at the same time a member of the President's Cabinet, subject to dismissal of whatever the President wants for any reason or no reason at all, but then you also have a duty as the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, and I think it's a very, very difficult balance.’ WASHINGTON – Today during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the nomination of Todd Blanche to be U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) questioned him on the Settlement Agreement in Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, including the anti-weaponization fund and IRS audit immunity, and secured a commitment from Acting Attorney General Blanche to respond to his letter on the intentions of the administration to protect life and end the unlawful Biden-era policy that removed in-person dispensing requirements for the dangerous chemical abortion drug, mifepristone. Excerpts are below, and video can be found here . On the Settlement Agreement in Trump v. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) : CORNYN: “The Attorney General has the hardest job in Washington, D.C., because you are at the same time a member of the President’s Cabinet, subject to dismissal of whatever the President wants for any reason or no reason at all, but then you also have a duty as the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, and I think it’s a very, very difficult balance.” “There’s so much that’s unusual about this.” “Is the Settlement Agreement enforceable as a contract by the parties?” BLANCHE: “Well, yes, it’s an enforceable document, so I suppose if President Trump’s counsel sought to enforce it, that they potentially could.” CORNYN: “Including the weaponization fund?” BLANCHE: “Well, they could try to enforce the contract. They can’t force the Department of Justice to move forward with the weaponization fund. They could potentially say that, I suppose, that we breached by not moving forward.” CORNYN: “To be clear, the President of the United States, who was the plaintiff in this lawsuit, has not agreed in writing to delete the weaponization fund, and there’s no guarantee that he or one of the other plaintiffs might raise that issue by way of a breach of contract lawsuit in the future.” … CORNYN: “This purports to release lawfare or weaponization, and/or weaponization. Those aren’t legal terms of art, are they?” BLANCHE: “I think they are just legal terms of art.” CORNYN: “Have they defined in any case or any statute?” BLANCHE: “Not that I’m aware of. No.” CORNYN: “So, they’re not a legal term of art… we don’t know what that covers.” On the Mail-Order Abortion Lawsuit, Louisiana v. FDA : CORNYN: “President Biden’s administration changed the Trump policy and allowed the administration of this abortion chemical abortion drug without any medical guidance whatsoever, and as you know, I’ve written a letter. Senator Tillis and I sent a letter yesterday.” “I would appreciate it if you would respond to this letter for the record about the intentions of the administration. If President Trump is the most pro-life President, this ought to be a pretty easy call because women are hurt as a result of side effects – heavy bleeding, prolonged potentially infection or sepsis, incomplete abortion, other complications – when this is being sold through the mail or through online prescription. Will you do that for me?” BLANCHE: “Yes, Senator. I will.”