Topic: anti-weaponization-fund
Fact-Check: Attorney General Todd Blanche on Meet the Press, August 16, 2026
Verdicts: 3 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 2 Misleading, 2 False
Two claims rate False: Blanche on presidential direction (the Bondi episode contradicts the “never”) and his Biden clemency description (Jan. 17 commutations were non-violent).
Trump vs. Cornyn on Blanche and the Anti-Weaponization Fund
Verdicts: 1 Mixed, 1 Misleading
Trump misquotes Cornyn on Mar-a-Lago, calls a warrant-backed search ‘illegal,’ and ignores ~$100M in IRS audit immunity he gained from the fund’s own settlement.