Todd Blanche, President Trump’s pick for attorney general, faced tough questioning — from Democrats and some Republicans — over issues that have dogged the Justice Department for the past 18 months.

Blanche, currently the acting attorney general, had won Senate confirmation early in Trump’s second term to serve as deputy attorney general. But after facing hours in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Blanche’s confirmation to the top job is not assured. He needs the support of all Republicans for the nomination to clear the committee.

While Blanche remained composed throughout the hearing, there were a handful of testy moments during questioning. Here are three takeaways:

The anti-weaponization fund is dead. Kind of?

Earlier this year, a $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund was established as part of a settlement with Trump to end his lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns.

After bipartisan pushback, Blanche proclaimed the fund dead and said that no money would be paid out. But a part of the settlement that protects Trump, his family and his businesses from IRS audits of past tax returns remains in place.

A federal judge on Monday blasted the DOJ over the settlement and especially the anti-weaponization fund, saying it was an attempt to use the court to legitimize an attempt to “earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law.”

Blanche tried to move past it, saying the issue was moot, but the fund remained a hot topic among the senators Wednesday morning.

When questioned about what role he played in making the deal between Trump and the IRS, Blanche maintained that he did not participate in the negotiations directly but engaged in conversations about settling the IRS lawsuit.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, whose concerns over the deal could tank his support of Blanche, scrutinized key provisions of the agreement with the help of an enlarged poster board.

Cornyn noted that based on the language of the deal, Trump “has not agreed in writing” to officially kill the fund, and that the settlement is still a deal that is an enforceable contract — which Blanche confirmed.

Blanche said, “[Trump’s attorneys] could try to enforce the contract. They can’t force the Department of Justice to move forward with the weaponization fund. They could potentially say, I suppose, that we breached [the contract] by not moving forward.”