Judge rejects watchdog’s bid to block Trump administration’s $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Judge Richard Leon said the case appears moot after Justice Department officials said the $1.8 billion fund is not moving forward.
- On Tuesday, challengers to the Trump administration's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund asked a federal judge for evidence that the Justice Department is truly abandoning the program.
- The administration created the fund last month to resolve Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, though the proposal triggered fierce bipartisan backlash.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the fund is "not going forward," yet Trump later contradicted this, calling the fund a "great idea."
- Official filings reveal no binding commitments exist to permanently terminate the program, leaving plaintiffs seeking proof the administration has affirmatively abandoned the fund rather than merely pausing operations.
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Anti-Weaponization Fund Faces Uncertainty As Peter Ticktin Continues Building A Civil Litigation Effort For January 6 Defendants * The Gateway Pundit * by Jenn Baker
When the Department of Justice announced the creation of a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, many former January 6 defendants saw what they believed was the first meaningful opportunity for compensation and accountability after years of legal battles, financial hardship, and personal upheaval.
Trump officials just exposed a judge’s folly in accepting DOJ at face value
Reports of the demise of President Donald Trump's slush fund appear to have been greatly exaggerated, as a new report from The Atlantic revealed that he is still pushing for it behind-the-scenes, exposing a federal judge's grave mistake for not killing the idea outright.The Justice Department previously announced a nearly $1.8 million "anti-weaponization" as a settlement for his lawsuit against the IRS, claiming that it would be paid out to peop…
Judge To DOJ: Don't "Play Possum" With Slush Fund
NBC News reports: A federal judge denied a request to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s proposed “anti-weaponization” fund but warned the Justice Department not to misrepresent the status of the $1.8 billion fund, which acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress is not moving forward. “Don’t play possum with this court,” U.S. District Judge Richard Leon warned a Justice Department attorney in court Wednesday afternoon after he …
US judge denies request to temporarily halt Trump’s abandoned ‘weaponization’ fund
A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked a request to temporarily halt President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, citing Justice Department statements and court filings that said the administration was abandoning the fund. The post US judge denies request to temporarily halt Trump’s abandoned ‘weaponization’ fund appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
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