{"id":74345,"date":"2026-06-02T16:55:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/acting-ag-blanche-reveals-fate-of-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-under-pressure-from-house-lawmakers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:55:49","slug":"acting-ag-blanche-reveals-fate-of-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-under-pressure-from-house-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/acting-ag-blanche-reveals-fate-of-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-under-pressure-from-house-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting AG Blanche reveals fate of Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ under pressure from House lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced during a House Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday that the Justice Department<\/a> is abandoning its efforts to create the Anti-Weaponization Fund.<\/p>\n

The fund, which stemmed from a lawsuit between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, was put on hold after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking its creation. A hearing on the Anti-Weaponization Fund’s legal basis had been scheduled for June 12, but it will no longer take place, according to Blanche’s testimony.<\/p>\n

“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said. “The reasons for the fund are something that President Trump talked about for a long time, which is the fact that there were a lot of people in this country who had their government weaponized against them. The reasons for the fund, I think, remain as important as they were before, but, we are not moving forward with the fund.”<\/p>\n

When announcing the fund’s creation in mid-May, the Justice Department described it as an opportunity for individuals deemed victims of lawfare by previous administrations to receive restitution, regardless of their political affiliation. Distributions would be determined by a five-member board appointed by Blanche, who said during the hearing that the fund had yet to be created amid ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n

Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department over the creation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund, alleging it is an improper use of the Federal Judgment Fund and that the executive branch is circumventing Congress’ authority.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a temporary restraining order blocking the fund from operating on May 29.<\/p>\n

Two other lawsuits have been filed against the fund.<\/p>\n

\u00a0This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced during a House Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday that the Justice Department is abandoning its efforts to create the Anti-Weaponization Fund. The fund, which stemmed from a lawsuit between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, was put on hold after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}