The order temporarily prevents officials from transferring money into or paying claims out of the $1.8 billion fund.
Order blocks White House from ‘taking any further action’ on settlement fund until further legal arguments heardSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring any money into a secretive and loosely controlled $1.8bn fund while a legal challenge proceeds.The order…
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund in a Friday order.The big picture: The controversial plan aims to create an unprecedented mechanism to compensate people who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the government.Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Leonie…
Judge halts Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after Jan. 6 prosecutor files suit
The Justice Department announced the $1.7 billion fund as part of a settlement of a civil lawsuit President Trump brought against the IRS.
Various groups have challenged the Justice Department’s new $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the government from doling out money from President Trump’s new “anti-weaponization” fund on Friday. U.S. District Judge Leonic Brinkema indicated the pause is to ensure that no funds are “irreversibly disbursed” from the fund until she can rule on an emergency motion to block it. “It is important that the status quo be…
A federal judge in Florida reopened President Donald Trump‘s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS on Friday to investigate the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that resulted from the settlement. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, revived the case in response to a request from 35 former federal…
A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation" of a $1.778 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund."
A U.S. judge temporarily blocked President Trump's administration from setting up a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of what Trump has called government “weaponization."
