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DOJ rebuffs judge's request to put in writing it won't move forward with 'anti-weaponization' fund

CNBC · Jun 19, 2026, 7:50 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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  • Judge Leonie Brinkema last week extended her block of the $1.8 billion fund, which was planned to compensate purported victims of prosecutorial overreach during the Biden administration.
  • "The Acting Attorney General has testified before Congress that the Fund is 'not going forward, period'...

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The Department of Justice rebuffed a federal judge's request to attest in writing it that won't move forward with its "anti-weaponization fund," arguing in a filing Friday that it would be "unnecessary" and that the request raises "serious separation of powers concerns."

Judge Leonie Brinkema last week extended her block of the $1.8 billion fund, which was planned to compensate purported victims of prosecutorial overreach during the Biden administration. She argued verbal claims by DOJ leadership that the fund wasn't moving forward were insufficient.

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