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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nA federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration on Friday from setting up a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people Trump has described as victims of government \"weaponization.\"\n\nUS District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia ordered the administration to halt \"any further action\" to create or operate the fund while she hears additional legal arguments.\n\n#### What is Trump's anti-weaponization fund?\n\nThe Justice Department announced the creation of an \"Anti-Weaponization Fund\" last week as part of a settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax records. The fund, worth $1.776 billion, would be overseen by a five-member commission and used to pay people who could show they were victims of \"lawfare\" and \"weaponization.\" Those are terms Trump and his allies have used to describe criminal investigations and legal cases brought against them.\n\n#### Why did a judge block the anti-weaponization fund?\n\nFriday's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by a group who claimed they had been targeted \"by the Trump-Vance administration as ideological or political opponents\" and argued they would be ineligible for payouts from the fund. Judge Brinkema's order prevents the administration from taking any further steps to establish or operate the fund until further legal arguments are heard.\n\nThe fund had already drawn a backlash from some Republican lawmakers, who expressed anger that people who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 would receive taxpayer-funded payments.",
  "title": "US judge temporarily blocks Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund"
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