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Amid skepticism from lawmakers\u2014including some Republicans\u2014acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House panel Tuesday that the Justice Department has scrapped its planned Anti-Weaponization Fund.\n<\/p>\n

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The $1.776 billion fund stemmed from a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax information.\n<\/p>\n

Blanche testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, days after a federal judge temporarily blocked the fund. Instead, Blanche said it will never move forward.\n<\/p>\n

Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, asked: \u201cWe know that the department has agreed to pause this effort until at least June 12. I wanted to ask what your plans were for the fund after June 12.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Blanche replied, \u201cWe\u2019re not moving forward with the fund, period.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reasons for the fund are something that President Trump has talked about for a long time, which is the fact that there were a lot of people in this country who had their government weaponized against them,\u201d Blanche added. \u201cThe reasons for the fund remain as important as they were before. But we are not moving forward with the fund.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

A surprised Meng responded, \u201cNot moving forward ever?\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cCorrect,\u201d Blanche said.\n<\/p>\n

Meng followed up, \u201cThere is no more fund, then?\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Blanche answered: \u201cTo the extent there was a fund. Remember, the fund wasn\u2019t set up yet.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

A five-member commission was supposed to be appointed to review claims and determine whether someone was entitled to an apology or monetary damages.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were no commissioners named,\u201d Blanche said. \u201cThere were no claims brought forth yet. So we are not moving forward with the fund.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The fund was intended for individuals who claimed to be targets of \u201clawfare,\u201d or the weaponization of federal agencies.\n<\/p>\n

Some Senate Republicans were stalling on funding the Department of Homeland Security over their skepticism of the fund.\n<\/p>\n

Before the hearing on Tuesday, Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, a watchdog group, criticized plans for the DOJ to suspend the fund.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSenate Republicans holding ICE\/CBP hostage in an effort to kill it is shameful. They are re-victimizing the victims. They had no problem trying to pay themselves,\u201d Howell said in a post on X.\n<\/p>\n

I will not be suspending my candidacy for the Anti-Weaponization Fund.\n<\/p>\n

The Fund needs to happen.\n<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans holding ICE\/CBP hostage in an effort to kill it is shameful.\n<\/p>\n

They are re-victimizing the victims.\n<\/p>\n

They had no problem trying to pay themselves. https:\/\/t.co\/5mm1gKCwUA pic.twitter.com\/URoPysbB7y<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Howell (@MHowellTweets) June 1, 2026<\/p>\n

Democrats argued the fund could be used to pay people who broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.\n<\/p>\n

In Trump v. IRS, the president, his son Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization LLC sued the Treasury Department and the IRS in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida following the leak of their tax returns. As part of the settlement, the plaintiffs will receive a formal apology but no monetary payment or damages.\n<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs also agreed to the establishment of the Anti-Weaponization Fund in exchange for dropping pending litigation related to the 2022 FBI search of Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago property and the Justice Department\u2019s investigation into alleged ties between Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.\n<\/p>\n

The Justice Department said the fund was based in part on a legal precedent set by the Obama administration in the Keepseagle case. That administration created a $760 million fund to address claims of discrimination against the federal government over several decades.\n<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., praised the Justice Department for targeting leaders of drug trafficking organizations, including Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past year, the Department of Justice has made great strides in combating drug cartels and curbing the flow of illicit drugs, including fentanyl,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cThe Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice have taken down some of the most notorious cartel bosses.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile these are significant wins, the department must continue this fight to eradicate the flow of illicit drugs and bring more cartel leaders to justice,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published at The Daily Signal. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore \u2013 https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gageskidmore\/54817708751\/, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=175752593.<\/em>
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