Judge temporarily blocks Trump DOJ's nearly $2B 'anti-weaponization' fund
A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department Friday from "taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation" of a $1.778 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund." The Trump administration said...
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A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department Friday from "taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation" of a $1.778 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund." The Trump administration said last week that the fund will compensate Americans unfairly targeted by politicized federal investigations on a "case-by-case" basis. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s order on Friday comes in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of plaintiffs that includes a former career prosecutor who alleges he was fired for his handling of Jan. 6 cases. The plaintiffs are suing to block payout from the fund. The order, which lists the Justice Department as a defendant, states that the DOJ is blocked "from taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund, which includes the transferring of money to the Fund; the consideration of any claims submitted to the Fund; and the disbursing of any funds from the Fund." TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUSHES BACK ON 'SLUSH FUND' ATTACKS AGAINST ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND AND LAYS OUT WHO QUALIFIES The judge also set a hearing for June 12 in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. The plaintiffs challenging the fund include former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Floyd, an Alexandria resident who prosecuted Capitol riot cases in Washington, D.C., before he was fired last year by then-Attorney General Pam Bondi. Floyd was a deputy chief of the Justice Department’s Capitol Siege Section. He said he believes his firing was retaliation for his Jan. 6 work, according to The Associated Press. Another plaintiff is California State University Channel Islands professor Jonathan Caravello, who was acquitted of an assault charge. He was accused of throwing a tear gas canister at federal agents during a 2025 protest against an immigration raid at a Camarillo, California, cannabis farm. Also named as plaintiffs are the government watchdog Co…