Trump's $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" that would have benefited political allies is being scrapped, according to the Department of Justice.
The Justice Department said it 'strongly disagrees' with the court's ruling that paused a $1.776 fund for victims of government "weaponization," but would still abide by it.
The justice department says it "disagrees strongly" with a court decision to halt the establishment of the fund.
The Trump administration is appearing to back off plans for its $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization" fund after a judge’s order put it on hold. Democrats called it a “slush fund” for Trump allies but there was also unusually fierce opposition from Republicans with some even threatening to team up with Democrats to block it. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for…
President Trump is expected to drop his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund after bipartisan backlash. It comes as Iran says it is suspending peace talks after Israel expanded its military operations in Lebanon. NBC News correspondents Mel Zanona, Garrett Haake, Richard Engel, Courtney Kube and Allie Canal report on the latest developments.
President Donald Trump's administration is planning to pull the plug on his $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to pay out people supposedly victimized by "lawfare" — a controversial plan that critics claimed was a slush fund to pay out money to Jan. 6 rioters and other allies of the president convicted of crimes.According to Axios, White House…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters at the Capitol on Monday that his preference would be that the White House shut down the proposed $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund if Congress is to pass a budget reconciliation package anytime soon. “I made my views very clear on the issue,” Thune said. Asked if he…
President Trump is dropping his $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
The Justice Department’s agreement to temporarily pause its anti-weaponization fund marks a rare retreat from President Donald Trump’s White House as a legal challenge unfolds and opposition from congressional Republicans threatens to blow up a party-line budget bill. The department’s Monday announcement that it would “abide by” a court order pausing the…
The rollout of the DOJ's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" may have been botched, but the fund remains a good idea, and the hysteria from Democrats like the hypocritical Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and allied media is absurd.
