US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

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According to The Guardian’s source item, US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, Order blocks White House from ‘taking any further action’ on settlement fund until further legal arguments heard Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring any money into a secretive and loosely controlled $1.8bn fund while a legal challenge proceeds. The order from US district judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday bars the government from “taking other further action” in the creation or operation of the fund while legal arguments in a case challenging the fund continue. The order is intended “to ensure no funds are irreversibly disbursed from the Anti-Weaponization Fund”, Brinkema wrote. Continue reading…

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