Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to address the Trump administration’s budget request for the Justice Department, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche told a congressional committee on June 2 that the U.S. Department of Justice is scrapping the proposed Anti-Weaponization Fund that has been blocked by the courts.
“We’re not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche told Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), during a meeting of a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee.
The Anti-Weaponization Fund was created as part of a settlement of a lawsuit President Donald Trump filed against the IRS over alleged leaks of his tax returns. The settlement called for the federal government to pay out nearly $1.8 billion to compensate alleged victims of the weaponization of law enforcement.
Matthew Vadum | THE EPOCH TIMES
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