Justice Department to drop Anti-Weaponization Fund in compliance with court ruling
by Lindsey McPherson · The Washington TimesThe Justice Department is dropping a $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund it created as part of a settlement with President Trump.
The decision comes as Republicans in Congress raised concerns about the politics of the arrangement and said they would not be able to pass their party-line immigration and law enforcement funding package without addressing the matter.
Mr. Trump met with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, on Monday to discuss the Anti-Weaponization Fund.
The Justice Department announced later that day that it would no longer move forward with setting up the fund, following an injunction a U.S. district court judge placed on it last week.
A Justice Department spokesperson told The Washington Times that the administration “will abide by the court’s ruling,” despite taking an opposing view.
“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,” the spokesperson said.
“This Fund was open to anybody who was so weaponized, targeted, or persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, or otherwise,” the spokesperson said.
When contacted for comment, the White House referred to the Justice Department’s statement.
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