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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed Tuesday that the Trump administration is stepping back from plans to establish a controversial $1.8 billion \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d after opposition from Republican lawmakers and a federal court ruling blocking the program.<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department announced Monday that it would halt work on the fund following an order issued by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema temporarily preventing the administration from moving forward with the program.<\/p>\n

The proposed fund emerged from a settlement tied to President Donald Trump\u2019s civil lawsuit against the IRS over the disclosure of his tax returns by a former government contractor.<\/p>\n

Under the proposal, taxpayer-funded payments would have been available to individuals claiming they had been unfairly targeted or \u201cweaponized\u201d by the federal government.<\/p>\n

The administration argued the fund was intended to help Americans harmed by what Trump and his allies have described as political abuse under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe 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,\u201d the department said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n

The statement added that the fund was designed to compensate people who had been \u201cweaponized, targeted, or persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, or otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department will abide by the Court\u2019s ruling,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n

The program quickly became politically problematic for congressional Republicans after allies of Trump expressed interest in filing claims.<\/p>\n

According to reports, Republican senators voiced strong objections to Blanche during a closed-door Senate GOP conference meeting last month. The disagreement became serious enough that Republican leaders ultimately abandoned plans to vote on funding legislation tied to Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement operations.<\/p>\n

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