DOJ Announces Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund is No More

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The United States Justice Department has officially informed federal courts that the contentious $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund from the Trump administration will not proceed. This initiative faced bipartisan backlash due to fears it might provide funds to associates involved in the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declared the fund is 'dead,' while federal judges in Virginia and Washington are still assessing legal challenges. This issue has also created rifts among Senate Republicans during discussions on immigration funding. The administration now claims that the lawsuits are irrelevant since the fund has been dissolved, although political and legal matters are still unresolved.

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00:00Trump's controversial $1.8 billion fund is officially collapsing.

00:04The Justice Department now says the program is not going forward.

00:08Critics feared the money could benefit Trump allies.

00:11Some lawmakers were especially worried about January 6th, rioters getting payouts.

00:17Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the fund is dead, period.

00:21But Trump gave a very different answer.

00:24When asked if the fund was dead, he said,

00:26I'd have to ask the lawyers.

00:28He even called it a beautiful thing.

00:30The controversy caused major tension inside the Republican Party.

00:34Some Republicans threatened to block immigration legislation unless the fund was killed.

00:39In the end, the bill passed anyway.

00:42Now federal judges are deciding whether the lawsuits should continue,

00:46even though the administration claims the fund no longer exists.

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