“The future of the slush fund”
6/12/202642 min
June 11, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests discuss new reporting from The Atlantic which says that there are hidden discussions in the Trump administration to keep the slush fund alive. The same slush fund that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress was dead.
Later, Nicolle covers the news that Trump says he’s cancelled scheduled strikes against Iran tonight because of “discussions” with Iran. This comes after reports of U.S. strikes yesterday destroying what appears to be a drinking-water facility on Iran’s southern coast. If intentional, the strikes against the water facility could constitute a war crime.
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Todd Blanche· Soundbite0:45
[upbeat music] We are not moving forward with the fund, period. Um, we, we... The, the reasons for the fund is something that President Trump talked about for a long time, um, which is the, the fact that there were a lot of people in this country who had their government weaponized against them. Um, the reasons for the fund, I think, were, were, were, uh, it, it remain as important as they were before, but, um, we are not moving forward with the fund.
Nicolle Wallace· Host1:12
Not moving forward, not the same as killing or the fund is dead. Hi again, everybody. It's 5:00 in New York now. There is a well-known saying, "Watch what people do, not what they say." So while we heard acting Attorney General Todd Blanche