In a two-page order on Friday, the judge barred the justice department from taking any steps to stand up or operate the fund.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from disbursing money from the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. The order keeps the scheme on hold as a lawsuit questions the fund's legal basis, oversight and eligibility rules.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked any payouts from the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund.

The Trump administration's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in Virginia, putting any plans to compensate people who claim the federal governmen

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday also barred the government from moving forward with the fund’s creation while litigation is pending to challenge it.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government.

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced Monday that it was establishing a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” after President Donald Trump moved to dismiss a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns. Justice Department officials announced that Trump and his co-plaintiffs would drop their IRS lawsuit, as well as other claims of damages, in connection with the 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home, and in connection with the Russian collusion scandal “in exchange” for creating the fund, which the Justice Department said set up a “systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare.” The fund was established ahead of court deadlines in the IRS case, which would have required the Trump administration to explain whether there was an actual case to be heard, given Trump’s control over the Justice Department’s actions. The massive fund would give Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump a mechanism to seek taxpayer payouts for their claims of…