DOJ says it will stop work on $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund"

Washington — The Justice Department said Monday that it volition halt enactment connected the $1.8 cardinal "anti-weaponization" fund pursuing a territory judge's determination temporarily blocking the program.

The determination comes aft the program earned aggravated pushback from Republicans successful Congress, which threatened to imperil the GOP docket connected Capitol Hill.

The Justice Department said connected X that it would abide by the judge's ruling that halted enactment connected the fund, efficaciously shelving plans for it for now.

"The Department of Justice disagrees powerfully with the determination connected the Anti-Weaponization Fund enactment distant by the United States District Court Judge successful the Eastern District of Virginia, wherein the Court stated that, nether nary circumstances, whitethorn the Department of Justice proceed with the Anti-Weaponization Fund precocious established successful bid to marque up for the tremendous abuse, harm, and hatred unfairly shown to truthful galore people," the section said connected X. 

It continued: "This Fund was unfastened to anybody who was truthful weaponized, targeted, oregon persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, oregon otherwise. The Department volition abide by the Court's ruling."

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