Judge orders DOJ to identify masterminds behind defunct $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

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A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice to reveal the masterminds behind the now-dead $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund intended to compensate people who claim the federal government improperly targeted them in investigations.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis ruled that the DOJ must turn over the names as part of a lawsuit challenging the fund, which Attorney General Todd Blanche has since said is canceled.

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