DOJ Creates $1.7 Billion Fund for Victims of ‘Weaponization’

The fund was created in exchange for the president dropping a lawsuit he filed against the IRS.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, at the Justice Department in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on May 18 that it has created a $1.7 billion fund to compensate people who believe they have been victims of “weaponization and lawfare.”

President Donald Trump agreed to drop a case he brought against the IRS after an IRS contractor leaked the president’s tax returns in exchange for the government’s creation of a fund, according to the DOJ.