A federal judge on June 12 extended her block of the Trump administration’s Anti-Weaponization Fund.
Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a new order saying the fund will remain blocked for the time being.
The judge gave the parties a week to negotiate an agreement for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to file a sworn declaration that the Trump administration will not revive the fund.
Blanche told a congressional committee on June 2 that the U.S. Department of Justice is scrapping the fund.
On May 29, Brinkema issued an order temporarily blocking the federal government’s moves to establish the fund. At that time, she said the order was needed to make sure that no funds are “irreversibly disbursed” before litigation over the fund has an opportunity to play out….