DOJ Rebuffs Judge’s Demand to State ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Is Officially Dead

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The Trump administration on Friday declined to submit a declaration in court from Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterating that the government is not continuing with a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, calling a judge’s demand for such a filing “unnecessary.”

In a notice to the federal district court in Alexandria, Virginia, senior Justice Department lawyers rebuffed U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s request for the declaration from Blanche, Bessent and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward.

Brinkema said last week that “to avoid any further litigation,” the senior officials should file the declaration under penalty of perjury that the “anti-weaponization” program wouldn’t proceed “in any manner, or under any name.” She also granted a preliminary injunction that blocks the Justice Department from taking any action to create or operate the program, which remains in place.

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