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President Donald Trump's Justice Department established a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" last week as part of a settlement dismissing his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax records. The fund is designed to compensate Americans who claim they were unfairly targeted by politicized federal investigations.
But on Friday, a US district judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from setting up or operating the fund pending further legal arguments. The fund has sparked fierce debate in Washington, with critics from both parties calling it a "slush fund" and even some Senate Republicans expressing opposition to the program.
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