A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund can proceed and said the Department of Justice (DOJ) must declare in a sworn statement before the court whether the fund is dead.
The order, filed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, said that recent testimony by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declaring the fund dead is insufficient, and that the DOJ must state it in a “short, written declaration under the penalty of perjury.”
“That the defendants have refused to accord a genuine degree of trustworthiness to their representations about the Fund not going forward is particularly concerning because of the President’s consistent support for the Fund and Acting Attorney General Blanche’s acknowledgement that the Fund remains ‘important,’” Brinkema wrote in the order….
Federal Judge Rules Lawsuit Against DOJ’s Anti-Weaponization Fund Can Proceed
