{"id":495,"date":"2026-06-01T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=495"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:13:15","slug":"trump-forced-to-abandon-1-8b-illegal-slush-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"Trump Forced to Abandon $1.8B Illegal Slush Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The Trump administration is dropping the creation of a $1.8 billion so-called \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d after the White House faced intense backlash from both sides of the aisle. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=494\">Dem Turns Trump\u2019s 52-Post Bragging Frenzy Against Him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department announced the fund last month as part of a deal in which President Donald Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax documents.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>But it announced on Monday that it would not proceed with the fund after it was temporarily blocked by the courts. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The administration said the fund would be used for those who claimed to have been unfairly targeted by the federal government, but critics sounded the alarm that it would be used to pay out rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and assaulted police officers.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department indicated it would not proceed with creating the fund in a statement on Monday to the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>\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, wherein the Court stated that, under no circumstances, may the Department of Justice proceed with the Anti-Weaponization Fund recently established in order to make up for the tremendous abuse, harm, and hate unfairly shown to so many people. This Fund was open to anybody who was so weaponized, targeted, or persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, or otherwise. The Department will abide by the Court\u2019s ruling,\u201d a spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=493\">MAGA-Loving Justice Throws Epic SCOTUS Tantrum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The administration\u2019s plan to drop the fund was first reported by Axios. Two senior administration officials told the publication that the administration was abandoning the plan just before the Justice Department made it official, with one calling it \u201cdead for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president faced pushback over the fund from some Republican members of Congress, who have opposed its creation and threatened to block Trump\u2019s priorities unless it was blocked. <\/p>\n<p>GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick even introduced legislation to block the use of taxpayer dollars to create the fund before the Memorial Day recess. The opposition keeps mounting as members return to Washington, D.C. this week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that the best way to handle it is if the administration decides to shut it down themselves,\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=491\">Trump Humiliated as Judges Rule Trans Military Ban Unlawful<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It comes after the fund faced two setbacks in court last week. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>This story is developing and will be updated. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration is dropping the creation of a $1.8 billion so-called \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d after the White House faced intense backlash from both sides of the aisle. 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