DOJ confirms in court filing ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘will not’ continue
The Justice Department says no money has been transferred and no claims process exists, while opposing a permanent court block.
- On Friday, the Justice Department told Judge Leonie M. Brinkema that the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund is "not going forward," asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit challenging it as moot.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress on June 2 that the administration would not move forward with the fund, a commitment the Justice Department now cites as binding to render legal challenges moot.
- Because no money was transferred and no panel members were appointed, Justice Department attorney Andrew Block argued the challengers lacked standing since no claims process was ever established.
- Skepticism persists, as Stacey Young of Justice Connection warned the administration could still utilize the separate Judgment Fund to make payouts, alleging a "bait and switch."
- Ongoing legal pressure includes lawsuits from Capitol police officers and bipartisan critiques from Senators Cory Booker and Bill Cassidy, who called the fund an "immediate and dire threat.
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Administration says it will drop disputed fund
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will abandon President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "weaponization" fund, acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday, after a backlash from Republican senators who said it might threaten the passage of a $72 billion…
Justice Dept. promises to drop $1.8 billion fund
The Justice Department told federal judges Friday that it would not move forward with establishing a $1.8 billion fund for people claiming to have been unfairly prosecuted by the government, putting the commitment in writing after Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, had declined to do so days earlier. The post Justice Dept. promises to drop $1.8 billion fund appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
DOJ confirms in court filing ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘will not’ continue
The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is effectively dead, the Justice Department (DOJ) told a federal court on Friday, while also asking it to reject a challenge brought by a former federal prosecutor and several others. Two DOJ attorneys wrote in a filing in the Eastern District of Virginia that the compensation fund…
The Justice Department informed two federal judges on Friday that lawsuits challenging the fund against the “instrumentalization” of justice, spearheaded by President Donald Trump, have become moot, as the government has abandoned the case.
DOJ Petitions Judge Not To Block Trump's Slush Fund
NBC News reports: The Justice Department told a federal judge that even though the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is “not going forward,” it still opposes the court taking any action to block the initiative on a more permanent basis. In a filing Friday afternoon, Justice Department attorney Andrew Block and other DOJ representatives said that no money had been transferred to the fund and that no members of the five…
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