Lawsuit Against DOJ’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Can Proceed, Federal Judge Rules

In the order, the district judge wrote that the DOJ should submit a ‘written declaration’ before the court on whether the fund is dead.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations in Washington on June 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund can proceed and said the Department of Justice (DOJ) must declare in a sworn statement before the court whether the fund is dead.

The order, filed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, said that recent testimony by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declaring the fund dead is insufficient, and that the DOJ must state it in a “short, written declaration under the penalty of perjury.”