{"id":1844,"date":"2026-06-01T14:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:33:15","slug":"trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration said Monday it would temporarily pause a\u00a0$1.8 billion fund\u00a0meant to compensate allies of President Donald Trump, complying with a court order after fierce backlash from Republicans who raised concerns about a lack of oversight and the potential for payouts to participants in the\u00a0Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n

Read more What to know about US military strikes on alleged drug boats<\/a><\/p>\n

The move follows a ruling by a federal judge in Virginia that halted plans for the fund pending additional arguments later this month. The Justice Department said in a statement that it \u201cdisagrees strongly\u201d with that decision, made in one of several legal challenges since the announcement of the fund two weeks ago, but would abide by it.<\/p>\n

It was not clear from the statement if the Trump administration planned to resume implementation of the fund in the event the judge lifts her order blocking it, or whether it intended to retreat more permanently from its heavily scrutinized plan to compensate individuals who believe they have been unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration had defended the $1.776 billion \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund,\u201d established to resolve Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns, as an appropriate corrective measure to make up for what officials insist was weaponized law enforcement during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

Though some Trump supporters \u2014 including participants in the Capitol riot \u2014 celebrated the announcement of the fund, the reaction among Republicans in Congress has been decidedly more hostile. The fund was one of the issues the president spoke about with House Speaker Mike Johnson, whom he met with Monday, according to a person who was granted anonymity to discuss a private discussion.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers have raised concerns about the lack of oversight of the money and pushed the administration to either impose limits on the fund or scrap it altogether. It especially complicated matters in the Senate, where Republicans\u00a0defiantly left town 10 days ago\u00a0without passing legislation to fund Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

Republicans who returned to Washington on Monday said they won\u2019t have the votes to pass the Homeland Security spending bill until the White House works with them to place parameters on the fund.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated Monday that he hoped the White House would move to drop the fund.<\/p>\n

Read more Brush fire prompts the temporary closure of both directions of state Route 67 in Ramona<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI do think the best way to handle it is if the administration decides to shut it down themselves,\u201d Thune told reporters.<\/p>\n

Senators pressed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the fund at a closed-door gathering last month that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called one of \u201cthe roughest meetings I\u2019ve seen in my entire time in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fund\u2019s future was called into question Friday by a pair of court rulings.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

In\u00a0Virginia, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema temporarily halted its formation\u00a0and scheduled a June 12 hearing for arguments on whether to extend her order barring the government from moving forward with the fund while pending litigation challenges it.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department said Monday it would abide by the ruling but noted in a statement the \u201cfund was open to anybody who was so weaponized, targeted, or persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, or otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Separately, the federal judge in Florida overseeing Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the IRS ordered Trump\u2019s attorneys to respond to \u201cgrievous allegations\u201d by settlement critics that the president abandoned his claims to avoid the court\u2019s scrutiny of an illegal deal. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave them until June 12 to\u00a0\u00a0to allegations of collusion and whether the case should be reopened because the court was the \u201cvictim of a fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim and Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The department says it \u201cdisagrees strongly\u201d with the ruling but would abide by it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order - Los Angeles Moving Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order - Los Angeles Moving Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The department says it \u201cdisagrees strongly\u201d with the ruling but would abide by it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Los Angeles Moving Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-01T21:33:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7f420a994f0482cf24e152087599bfb\"},\"headline\":\"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-01T21:33:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":678,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"National Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order - Los Angeles Moving Insider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-01T21:33:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7f420a994f0482cf24e152087599bfb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":682},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/01\\\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Los Angeles Moving Insider\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7f420a994f0482cf24e152087599bfb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order - Los Angeles Moving Insider","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order - Los Angeles Moving Insider","og_description":"The department says it \u201cdisagrees strongly\u201d with the ruling but would abide by it.","og_url":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/","og_site_name":"Los Angeles Moving Insider","article_published_time":"2026-06-01T21:33:15+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b7f420a994f0482cf24e152087599bfb"},"headline":"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order","datePublished":"2026-06-01T21:33:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/"},"wordCount":678,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp","articleSection":["National Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/","url":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/","name":"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order - Los Angeles Moving Insider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-01T21:33:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b7f420a994f0482cf24e152087599bfb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d8fef6ce8384dcb4841002446ad528cc.webp","width":1024,"height":682},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-administration-will-temporarily-pause-1-8-billion-fund-complying-with-court-order\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump administration will temporarily pause $1.8 billion fund, complying with court order"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/","name":"Los Angeles Moving Insider","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b7f420a994f0482cf24e152087599bfb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com"],"url":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}