Trump says no idea whether anti-weaponization fund is dead

In his first public comments since his Justice Department said a controversial $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund would not go forward, the president equivocated.

"I'd have to ask the lawyers," Trump said when asked directly whether the settlement fund was dead or merely on hold. "I don't know."

He spent much of his response to reporters defending the fund, which he called a "beautiful thing."

His comments came just after Senate Republicans voted to advance an immigration funding bill, which they did only after testimony from acting attorney general Todd Blanche that the fund was dead.