A federal judge on June 12 extended her block of the Trump administration’s Anti-Weaponization Fund.
Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a new order saying the fund will remain blocked for the time being.
The judge gave the parties a week to negotiate an agreement for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to file a sworn declaration that the Trump administration will not revive the fund.
Blanche told a congressional committee on June 2 that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is scrapping the fund.
Government attorneys have argued that the DOJ’s announcement rendered plaintiffs’ lawsuits challenging the fund moot, or legally irrelevant….
Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund
