Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House Appropriations subcommittee in June 2026 that the Trump administration has scrapped its controversial $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, declaring “we are not moving forward with the fund, period.” The fund—which would have paid people who claimed the federal government was weaponized against them—stemmed from a settlement of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, and had drawn criticism from Democrats who called it a “slush fund” and even some reluctant Republicans, while also stalling a GOP immigration-funding bill. The announcement followed a federal judge’s temporary block on the fund, though Blanche said the rest of the settlement—including provisions shielding Trump, his family, and his companies from tax audits or enforcement on prior returns—would remain in place, even as a Florida judge separately weighs whether to reopen the original IRS case over concerns it may have amounted to a fraud on the court.

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