Judge grants longer-term block of ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, wants guarantee it’s dead
The judge said the administration must file a sworn declaration that the $1.776 billion program will not proceed.
- A federal judge extended the block on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" on Friday, ruling that the controversial taxpayer-funded program must remain frozen until further notice.
- U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the government's argument that the issue is moot, noting that despite acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling Congress the administration is scrapping the fund, President Trump himself has not publicly or unequivocally endorsed its cancellation.
- The "Anti-Weaponization Fund" was originally established to settle Trump's personal lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns, aiming to route $1.776 billion from the federal Judgment Fund to compensate individuals claiming to be victims of government "lawfare."
- The fund faces intense bipartisan backlash and multiple legal challenges, with critics and a lawsuit filed by Capitol police officers labeling it an illegal "slush fund" designed to improperly reward political allies.
- Judge Brinkema gave both sides one week to negotiate a binding agreement, explicitly demanding that acting Attorney General Blanche submit a sworn, formal declaration promising that the administration will not revive the fund.
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Trump allies have another plan to pay supporters
WASHINGTON — While the Justice Department says it abandoned plans for President Donald Trump's proposed $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, some of his allies shifted focus to a different way to make payouts to his supporters, including those who took part…
Trump's lawyers insist there is 'no evidence' of 'collusion or fraud' in his 'settlement with myself'
"I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself," President Donald Trump told reporters a few days after he sued the IRS. He wasn't kidding: His January 29 lawsuit, which alleged damages from an IRS contractor's illegal leaking of his tax returns, pitted Trump against an agency he oversees, represented by Justice Department lawyers who also answer to him. The "settlement" that the president reached with himself, which Acting Attorney General …
Trump allies have another plan to pay 'weaponization victims'
WASHINGTON — While the Justice Department says it abandoned plans for President Donald Trump's proposed $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, some of his allies shifted focus to a different way to make payouts to his supporters, including those who took part…
Judge extends block on Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
A U.S. federal judge has extended a block on President Donald Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” but signaled she will drop the matter if the administration more definitively disavows the project. At a hearing Friday in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the Justice Department’s arguments that a lawsuit challenging the fund became moot after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declared at a House hearing last wee…
Montana Standard
Trump allies have another plan to pay
WASHINGTON — While the Justice Department says it abandoned plans for President Donald Trump's proposed $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, some of his allies shifted focus to a different way to make payouts to his supporters, including those who took part…
Roanoke Times
US judge blocks fund for 'anti-weaponization'
WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge indefinitely blocked a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund supported by President Donald Trump on Friday, giving the administration one week to provide a sworn statement that the fund will not go forward.
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