{"id":213,"date":"2026-05-29T16:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:39:58","slug":"federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump\u2019s \u201cAnti-Weaponization\u201d Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news \u2014 make a <\/span><\/i><i><span>quick donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> to Truthout today!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=211\">Hunger in US Under Trump Reaches Levels Not Seen Since Peak of COVID Pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with a fund that opponents fear will be used to pay off the president\u2019s political allies.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a  halting the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department and other high-ranking administration officials from taking any additional actions to create the fund or make payments from it.<\/p>\n<p>The order came in a lawsuit filed by a former federal prosecutor and a California professor. The plaintiffs are represented by the legal advocacy groups Democracy Forward and Common Cause. The lawsuit is part of a flurry of legal challenges against the fund.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department on May 18 announced a nearly $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d that will make payments to individuals who believe they have been wronged by past administrations. The fund came as part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over the leaking of his tax return information by a former IRS contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s settlement agreement provides for the creation of the fund overseen by a board of five members chosen by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as Trump\u2019s personal attorney. Trump can fire the members for any reason.<\/p>\n<p>Brinkema, a President Bill Clinton appointee, took no position on the legality of the fund in her order. She wrote that her order is to ensure no money is \u201cirreversibly disbursed\u201d while the plaintiffs\u2019 motion for a temporary restraining order is pending.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=209\">Oregon Employers With Most SNAP Recipients Included Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also set a hearing for June 12 \u2014 likely ensuring the fund will remain blocked for at least the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include Andrew Floyd, a former federal Jan. 6 case prosecutor who was fired by the DOJ in June 2025, and Joseph Caravello, a California university professor who was charged with felony assault on a federal officer after protesting an immigration raid last summer. A jury acquitted Caravello in April.<\/p>\n<p>The  alleges in part the fund violates the plaintiffs\u2019 First and Fifth Amendment rights, and violates the authority of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince its inception, this fund has been on a collision course with the United States Constitution,\u201d their complaint says.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has written on social media that the fund will help those \u201cwho were so badly abused by an evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration\u201d receive justice.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=207\">Ex-Nuclear Negotiator Criticizes Trump\u2019s Push for Abraham Accords in Iran Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ashley Murray contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The order comes in response to a suit alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments and Congressional authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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