May 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Justice Department's $1.8 billion fund it created to compensate those who said they were unfairly investigated by previous presidents.

A coalition of President Donald Trump's critics, including a fired prosecutor and a college professor acquitted of assaulting federal agents at a protest, sued Friday to block payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government. The lawsuit adds fuel…