Judge temporarily blocks Justice Department’s $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

A federal judge temporarily blocked the government from doling out money from President Trump’s new “anti-weaponization” fund Friday. 

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema indicated the pause is meant to ensure no money is “irreversibly disbursed” from the fund until she can rule on an emergency motion to block it. 

“It is important that the status quo be maintained until plaintiffs’ pending Motion has been resolved,” Brinkema wrote. 

Brinkema is an appointee of former President Clinton who serves on the federal bench in Alexandria, Va. 

Various groups have challenged the Justice Department’s new $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization”........

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