Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has canceled his scheduled meeting with Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, after the Justice Department failed to provide written confirmation that a controversial nearly $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" has been formally eliminated. The development was reported by MS NOW producer Kyle Griffin.

Blanche, who previously served as Trump's personal criminal defense attorney before being nominated to lead the Justice Department, faced questioning during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the fund, which could be used to provide a form of restitution to individuals who believe they were wronged by the DOJ. This category reportedly includes January 6 defendants who confessed to and were convicted of crimes tied to the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol Building.

"Hopefully they now recognize the seriousness of this," Cornyn said, according to Politico. "I haven't seen a single piece of writing that is responsive to what I've requested."

"Maybe they think I'm just going to give up or, you know, go along, but they're mistaken," the senator added.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) stated that Cornyn must declare whether he is a "yay or nay" on Blanche by 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Politico reported that Grassley needs this determination to assess whether the vote can proceed, placing the Trump administration on a tight timeline if it seeks to confirm Blanche before the Senate departs for its summer recess next week.

Blanche has maintained for several months that the fund is "dead" and will not be created. However, Cornyn countered that the legal settlement agreement reached between Blanche, Trump, and the IRS would still establish the fund. Trump had sued the IRS after his personal information was exposed in a data breach that affected more than 405,000 other individuals and businesses.

When Blanche asserted the fund was "moot," Cornyn pressed further: "Well, I would refer you to the settlement agreement. Do you happen to have a copy of that in front of you?"

Cornyn then read the language verbatim from page four of the agreement: "This settlement agreement can be modified, may be modified only upon the written agreement of the parties. Has there been a written agreement of the parties to modify the settlement fund?"

Blanche claimed the fund was not going forward, meaning no modification to the agreement between Trump and the government had occurred.

"Well, so the settlement agreement remains as it was originally. But I hear what you're saying is it — is the settlement agreement enforceable as a contract by the parties?" Cornyn asked.

Blanche confirmed that it was and would be considered an "enforceable document."

Kathleen Williams, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, published a 56-page ruling denouncing the case as "an exercise in self-dealing" and rebuking Trump's so-called "settlement" over his IRS lawsuit as a case "that had no viable basis in law or fact."

Blanche has continued to refuse to sign a legal document asserting that the slush fund is dead.