DOJ Declares Anti-Weaponization Fund Dead in 2 Cases, Opposes Court Intervention
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Updated · TPM · Jun 8
DOJ Declares Anti-Weaponization Fund Dead in 2 Cases, Opposes Court Intervention
2 articles · Updated · TPM · Jun 8
Summary
Friday filings in 2 federal cases finally put the Trump DOJ on record that the so-called anti-weaponization fund is dead, after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had declined to make that commitment.
DOJ simultaneously urged judges in Washington and the Eastern District of Virginia to stay out, arguing the fund never existed, plaintiffs lack standing, and the claims are both moot and not yet ripe.
Court hearings in the 2 challenges are due this week, testing DOJ’s unusual position that the dispute is effectively over while also too premature for judicial review.
A third D.C. challenge trails behind, while the original Trump-IRS case that produced the settlement agreement has been reopened; Trump must answer fraud-on-the-court allegations by Friday.