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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DOJ to Courts: Don’t You Dare Touch the Already-Dead Slush Fund
The Week Ahead A big week ahead for the “anti-weaponization” slush fund that President Trump and his Justice Department insist is dead. In similar filings on Friday in two of the cases challenging the “anti-weaponization” slush fund, the Trump DOJ finally put in writing what acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had refused to do: commit that the slush fund is now dead. But in the same breath it was assuring federal judges there’s nothing to see …
There are other ways for Trump to sneak $1.8 billion to his criminal pals
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a way to pay his supporters from a slush fund in a manner he and his backers hope will be secret.“The promised end of President Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund won’t necessarily stop the Department of Justice (DOJ) from making payouts to those who argue they’ve been wronged by the government and who are instead eyeing new pathways to access federal money,” reported The Hill’s Rebecca Beitsch. “A…
'People Have Been Destroyed': Trump Says He'd Pay Anti-Weaponization Fund Applicants 'Money They Deserve'
Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," President Donald Trump said he would pay applicants of the anti-weaponization fund the "kind of money they deserve." The post ‘People Have Been Destroyed’: Trump Says He’d Pay Anti-Weaponization Fund Applicants ‘Money They Deserve’ appeared first on Breitbart.
Is Trump’s $1.776 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ dead?
On May 18, President Donald Trump and family settled their $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS by agreeing to drop their claims in exchange for the U.S. Department of Justice setting up a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” with taxpayer dollars. DOJ set up the fund the same day, citing as precedent then-President Barack Obama’s 2011 creation of a $760 million fund to settle racial discrimination claims by Native American farmers.
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