Two federal lawsuits filed May 22 seek to dismantle the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund created through a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Justice Department, with plaintiffs in both cases arguing the fund is unconstitutional, unlawful, and structured to evade public accountability.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. A separate coalition of plaintiffs, including former federal prosecutor Andrew Floyd, the City of New Haven, Connecticut, the National Abortion Federation, and Common Cause, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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