DOJ snubs judge’s demand on anti-weaponization fund, cites ‘serious separation of powers concerns’

The Justice Department snubbed a federal judge’s demand to swear that a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is dead, citing serious separation of powers concerns. Judge Leonie Brinkema had indefinitely blocked the fund and issued a seven-day deadline for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to respond.