Judge says case challenging Trump’s anti-weaponization fund ‘still alive and kicking’

A federal judge in Virginia ruled Friday that a lawsuit challenging the Justice Department's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund remains alive, giving DOJ 30 days to produce documents on who structured the settlement.

The fund emerged from a deal to drop Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax returns, and included tax audit immunity for Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization; critics warned it could pay out to Jan. 6 defendants.

The administration insists the fund never became operational and the case is moot, yet has refused to provide a sworn statement to that effect, while Judge Leonie Brinkema flagged concern that a functional equivalent could still funnel taxpayer money toward favored political outcomes.

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