{"id":8852,"date":"2026-05-22T20:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8852"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:03:43","slug":"ex-prosecutor-and-other-trump-critics-sue-to-block-payouts-from-1-8b-anti-weaponization-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8852","title":{"rendered":"Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A coalition of President Donald Trump\u2019s critics, including a fired prosecutor and a college professor acquitted of assaulting federal agents at a protest,  to block payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8850\">Map shows Garden Grove hazmat incident and evacuation around aerospace plant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit adds fuel to a mounting backlash against the Trump administration\u2019s creation of an \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d to resolve the Republican president\u2019s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys from the legal advocacy group Democracy Forward are seeking a court order halting the fund\u2019s implementation and preventing the Trump administration from disbursing any payouts from it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8848\">Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob\u2019s attack on Jan. 6, 2021, also sued this week to prevent anyone, including Capitol rioters, from receiving payments from the settlement fund.<\/p>\n<p>During a congressional hearing Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wouldn\u2019t rule out the possibility that rioters who assaulted police on Jan. 6 could be eligible for fund payouts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8846\">Disneyland honors U.S. military with F-18 flyover and Navy marching band<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob\u2019s attack on Jan. 6, 2021, also sued this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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