DOJ snubs judge’s demand on anti-weaponization fund, cites ‘serious separation of powers concerns’
The department said sworn declarations are unnecessary because officials have already said the fund is not moving forward, and the injunction remains in place.
- On Friday, the Department of Justice refused to submit sworn declarations from Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirming the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund is defunct, missing District Judge Leonie Brinkema's deadline.
- Created to settle a $10 billion lawsuit President Donald Trump filed against the Internal Revenue Service, the fund stalled following bipartisan opposition regarding possible payments to individuals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
- Senior Justice Department counsel Andrew Block argued the court's request is "unnecessary," citing Blanche's prior testimony that the fund is "not going forward, period," and invoking "serious separation of powers concerns.
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Trump administration DEFIES ultimatum from Clinton judge on anti-weaponization fund
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DOJ rejects judge request to certify $1.8 billion fund
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DOJ snubs judge’s demand on anti-weaponization fund, cites ‘serious separation of powers concerns’
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday snubbed a federal judge’s demand to swear that a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is dead, arguing the request raises “serious separation of powers concerns.” Judge Leonie Brinkema indefinitely blocked the fund last Friday and issued a seven-day deadline for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward to declare under pe…
DOJ won't sign declaration over canceled anti-weaponization fund
The Justice Department refused Friday to provide a sworn declaration from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirming that President Donald Trump’s proposed anti-weaponization fund has been abandoned, arguing that a federal judge’s demand for such assurances raises separation-of-powers concerns. In a filing submitted Friday to U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, the DOJ said sworn statements from Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stanley …
Trump officials refuse to sign document affirming end of slush fund
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — A U.S. Justice Department attorney on Friday notified a federal court judge that Trump administration officials deemed “unnecessary” a requirement that they sign a document under penalty of perjury affirming that a proposed anti-weaponization fund was dead. On June 12, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema gave three senior administration officials one week to sign a document attesting they had abandoned plans for the fund. …
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