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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s nearly $2 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, but gave the government a one-week escape hatch: provide a sworn, unambiguous declaration that the fund is truly dead, and the lawsuit goes away. The ruling came during a hearing where Judge Leonie Brinkema cited public statements from DOJ officials suggesting the department had abandoned the fund, yet noted that President Trump continues to publicly support it and that the government has refused to formally declare under oath that the fund is defunct. The preliminary injunction stands unless the Acting Attorney General and the Treasury Secretary sign a declaration under penalty of perjury within seven days. If they do, the judge said she will likely dismiss the case. If not, litigation proceeds.
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