{"id":2610308,"date":"2026-06-03T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-uncertain-whether-anti-weaponization-fund-is-dead-or-paused\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:06:44","slug":"trump-uncertain-whether-anti-weaponization-fund-is-dead-or-paused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-uncertain-whether-anti-weaponization-fund-is-dead-or-paused\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump uncertain whether anti-weaponization fund is dead or paused"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-uncertain-whether-anti-weaponization-fund-is-dead-or-paused%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610308&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would have to \u201cask the lawyers\u201d to determine whether the DOJ\u2019s proposed $1.776 billion \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d is permanently dead or merely paused, despite acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling Congress the department would not proceed. Trump also praised the idea, calling it \u201cgorgeous\u201d and \u201cso important,\u201d and said a \u201cradical-left judge\u201d ruled against it-while referencing alleged harms to people he described as victims of the effort.<\/p>\n<p>On capitol Hill, some Republican senators are pressing for explicit confirmation that the fund will be dropped permanently, warning they <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >coudl block related votes amid broader immigration-enforcement funding negotiations<\/a>. Lawmakers and polls have largely criticized the plan, including concerns that taxpayer money could benefit Jan. 6, 2021 rioters who attacked police, and evidence of low public support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> appeared uncertain Wednesday about the future of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Justice Department\u2019s<\/a> proposed $1.776 billion \u201canti-weaponization fund,\u201d which has caused some consternation on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the DOJ would not move forward with the fund, Trump was equivocal on whether the White House was officially dropping it. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4593530\/abrego-garcia-markwayne-mullin-deport-costa-rica-judge\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DHS \u2018happy\u2019 to deport Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, immigrant\u2019s lawyers tell judge<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4593550\/george-santos-preposterous-kalshi-insider-trading-npr\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>George Santos dismisses \u2018preposterous\u2019 Kalshi insider trading report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4592704\/notus-blocked-rebrand-star-trademark\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>NOTUS blocked from rebranding as the Star over trademark concerns<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019d have to ask the lawyers. I don\u2019t know,\u201d he told reporters Wednesday afternoon when asked whether the fund was dead or just put on hold. \u201cThe weaponization fund, as far as I\u2019m concerned, was a beautiful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also claimed about the fund: \u201cI love it. I think it\u2019s so important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration previously said it would \u201cabide by\u201d a court order blocking the fund, and Blanche told Congress on Tuesday the DOJ was officially dropping the fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Republican senators have clamored for explicit assurance from the administration that the fund will be permanently dropped, with some threatening to hold up voting on amendments as the Senate attempts to advance a party-line funding bill for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">immigration enforcement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see how that all works out, but a radical-left judge ruled against it,\u201d Trump also said Wednesday. \u201cBut these people, their lives have been destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4592077\/blanche-weaponization-fund-dead-for-good\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4592077\/blanche-weaponization-fund-dead-for-good\/\">TODD BLANCHE SAYS DOJ WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president claimed that some of the rioters \u201cwere victimized,\u201d leading to bankruptcy, suicide, and targeting by the administration of former President Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fund has largely been unpopular on the Hill as lawmakers fretted that taxpayer money could go to Jan. 6, 2021, rioters who attacked police officers. The funding is also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net\/documents\/econTabReport_aWdgoE7.pdf\">unpopular with the American public<\/a>, according to a recent <em>Economist<\/em>\/YouGov poll, including among Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump seemed unsure Wednesday about DOJ\u2019s proposed $1.776B anti-weaponization fund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2610309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154731759036.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[63030,80789,32412,80790,3634],"class_list":["post-2610308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-weaponization","tag-fund-uncertainty","tag-government-spending","tag-policy-pause","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154731759036.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610312,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610308\/revisions\/2610312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}