Episode
A Clown Show of Contradictions
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- Hawk Podcasts
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- Aug 1, 2026
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- 685
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Summary
Hawk lays out an extraordinary Friday timeline around the roughly 1.78 billion dollar settlement fund tied to Todd Blanche's stalled nomination for Attorney General. Per reporting Hawk cites, Trump's lawyers signaled an appeal of a judge's order questioning the fund and its IRS provisions in the afternoon, Trump said he understood John Cornyn blocking Blanche, then around 5 PM declared the fund dead, and by roughly 8:22 PM filed the appeal to reinstate it. Hours later he posted that he would keep Blanche as acting Attorney General and push hard to get the fund passed.