Trump DOJ Pulls Plug on $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund
As RedState reported on Friday, the U.S. District Court in the
Eastern District of Virginia temporarily blocked any action on President
Donald Trump's $1.778 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. Rather than
appeal this decision, on Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) chose to pull the plug.
The Trump administration will scrap its nearly $1.8
billion “anti-weaponization” fund amid pushback from GOP members of
Congress and a lingering court battle demanding an explanation for the
arrangement.
The move comes after a federal judge in Florida on
Friday reopened Trump’s case against the IRS, whose settlement served as
the basis for creating the $1.776 billion fund. In doing so, the judge
ordered President Trump and the Justice Department to file briefs to
explain “charges of collusion and whether the Parties are truly
adverse.”
In a separate case, another federal judge in Virginia on Friday also temporarily halted the fund from making any payouts.
The DOJ issued a statement on X.
The
Department of Justice disagrees strongly with the decision on the
Anti-Weaponization Fund put forth by the United States District Court
Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, wherein the Court stated
that, under no circumstances, may the Department of Justice proceed with
the Anti-Weaponization Fund recently established in order to make up
for the tremendous abuse, harm, and hate unfairly shown to so many
people. This Fund was open to anybody who was so weaponized, targeted,
or persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative,
Independent, or otherwise. The Department will abide by the Court’s
ruling.
As we reported on May 18, President Trump chose to drop his ten billion dollar lawsuit
against the Internal Revenue Service over the leaking of his tax
returns. As part of that deal, the president wanted a fund established
for the victims of lawfare and weaponization enacted by the Biden
administration.
The DOJ first announced these plans, and the
legacy media and Democrats immediately labeled the plan as the
"Anti-Weaponization Fund." Before the U.S. District Court issued its
temporary injunction, both Republicans and Democrats hijacked plans for
the reconciliation bill to debate this fund. Two cops involved in the January 6 riots also filed a lawsuit against disbursements from the fund.
A
J6 defendant who would have benefited from the fund sees the DOJ's
cancellation as the perfect opportunity for the department to mount a
full investigation into the abuses of the government against the January
6 victims.
The anti-weaponization fund is
finished. Now DOJ will have no choice but to shift to the option it
should have been pursuing for the last 16 months:
A full
investigation into the abuses of the government against J6 defendants
and reveal it all to the country. There are no easy solutions to such an
extensive persecution.
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