The Justice Department has established an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” of nearly $1.8 billion that could pay people who were targets of “lawfare” or weaponization of federal agencies.
The funding is the result of a settlement in the case of President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, where the president and members of his family sued the agency over the release of their tax returns.
“The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a public statement.
“As part of this settlement, we are setting up a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress,” Blanche added.
The Anti-Weaponization Fund will have the authority to issue formal apologies and monetary relief to individuals who bring a claim before a soon-to-be-created commission. The five-member commission will review claims to determine whether someone is entitled to an apology or monetary damages. The attorney general will appoint the members, one of whom will be appointed in consultation with congressional leaders.
The Justice Department’s announcement says: “Submission of a claim is voluntary. There are no partisan requirements to file a claim.”
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The fund will receive $1.776 billion from the Judgment Fund, which allows the Justice Department to settle and pay cases.
In addition, the fund will send a quarterly report to the attorney general outlining who received relief. The fund shall cease processing claims no later than Dec. 15, 2028, according to the Justice Department. Any amount left over will revert to the federal government.
In the Trump v. IRS case, the president, his son Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization, LLC, sued the Treasury Department and the IRS in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida following the leak of their tax returns. As part of the settlement, the plaintiffs will receive a formal apology but no monetary payment or damages.
Also as part of the settlement, the plaintiffs agreed to the establishment of the Anti-Weaponization Fund in exchange for dropping pending litigation regarding the 2022 FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and the Justice Department’s investigation into a debunked conspiracy between Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.
The Justice Department says the fund is based in part on a legal precedent set by the Obama administration in the Keepseagle case. The Obama administration created a $760 million fund to redress various claims alleging racism against the federal government over a period of decades.
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