President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday. Photo: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images Early this month, then–Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted in testimony before a House subcommittee that the Trump administration was stepping back from its nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund amid mounting criticism and legal challenges, which alleged that the pot of taxpayer dollars amounted to no more than a slush fund for allies to the president. “We’re not moving forward with the fund,