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It only took 11 days for President Donald Trump\u2019s $1.776 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d slush fund to hit a brick wall.<\/p>\n

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On Friday, a federal judge in Virginia temporarily barred the federal government from taking more steps to create or disburse money from the fund, which the White House created to dole out funds to people who say they\u2019re victims of government overreach.<\/p>\n

The two-page is meant \u201cto ensure that no funds are irreversibly disbursed,\u201d U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema wrote.<\/p>\n

This lawsuit came from the progressive advocacy group Democracy Forward, which sued on behalf of several people and entities who claim to be harmed by any attempt to compensate Jan. 6 insurrectionists with public funds. They sought to speed up court hearings and shut down the fund immediately, but Brinkema opted against a rushed process because, she wrote, a \u201cfull briefing of the issue will enhance the ability of the court to make a sound decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Omar H. Noureldin, senior vice president of policy and litigation at Common Cause, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, put out a statement describing the order as an initial victory but called on Congress to \u201cact now to permanently dismantle this illegal slush fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brinkema has already scheduled a June 12 court hearing to consider the group\u2019s attempt to halt the fund entirely. In the coming weeks, the massive slush fund\u2019s origin and implementation will become the central focus of this legal fight.<\/p>\n

Trump has said he was unfairly targeted by a criminal investigation into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n

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The fund started with Trump\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over a contractor leaking his personal tax returns to journalists. He dropped the suit earlier this month as part of a settlement negotiated through his own Department of Justice that established<\/u><\/span> a gargantuan treasure chest he wants to dole out to those who claim they\u2019ve been unjustly targeted by the government in the past \u2014 including MAGA allies and supporters prosecuted for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told members of Congress<\/u><\/span> that a five-person board of administrators selected by the Trump administration would sort through applications to receive the money.<\/p>\n

Legal scholars have described the fund as an end-run around Congress\u2019 power over government spending, with the administration taking unprecedented steps to repurpose the typical role of the DOJ in determining how the executive branch should pay out tort litigation.<\/p>\n

Democrats are livid about the fund. Sen. Ron Wyden called<\/u><\/span> it \u201cthe most brazen theft of taxpayer dollars by any president in history.\u201d Rep. Jamie Raskin said it was \u201cfraud and highway robbery.\u201d Sen. Andy Kim called<\/u><\/span> it another indicator that \u201cthe corruption and lawlessness is out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deal has also rankled Republicans<\/u><\/span>, who ditched plans to vote on an immigration spending package after a number of senators expressed grave concerns about the fund.<\/p>\n

Blanche\u2019s private meetings with senators last week failed to convince several of them, with Sen. Susan Collins later telling NOTUS that she remains opposed to it, Sen. Lisa Murkowski calling it \u201ca bomb,\u201d and Sen. John Curtis saying Blanche\u2019s arguments failed to sway him.<\/p>\n

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One of the plaintiffs called on Congress to \u201cact now to permanently dismantle this illegal slush fund.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courts"],"yoast_head":"\nA Judge Has Temporarily Blocked Trump\u2019s \u2018Anti-Weaponization\u2019 Fund - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=101\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Judge Has Temporarily Blocked Trump\u2019s \u2018Anti-Weaponization\u2019 Fund - Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the plaintiffs called on Congress to \u201cact now to permanently dismantle this illegal slush fund.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=101\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-29T15:42:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"headline\":\"A Judge Has Temporarily Blocked Trump\u2019s \u2018Anti-Weaponization\u2019 Fund\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-29T15:42:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101\"},\"wordCount\":577,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/6cfeb9afc6ad2a986ab671bfc8052be4-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Courts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101\",\"name\":\"A Judge Has Temporarily Blocked Trump\u2019s \u2018Anti-Weaponization\u2019 Fund - Modern Home Journals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/6cfeb9afc6ad2a986ab671bfc8052be4-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-29T15:42:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=101#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/6cfeb9afc6ad2a986ab671bfc8052be4-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/6cfeb9afc6ad2a986ab671bfc8052be4-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1679,\"caption\":\"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche meets with reporters as the Justice Department says it's releasing 3 million pages of documents in the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosure, along with 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. 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