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A federal judge on June 12 kept the Trump administration’s Anti-Weaponization Fund blocked, extending a court order that prevents the program from moving ahead while the lawsuit continues. The judge did not issue a final ruling on whether the fund is lawful. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/d8345ce8f5c7f8062b858e54c396c450))

The order also kept pressure on the administration to give the court added assurance that the fund will not be revived. In the filing, the judge directed senior officials to submit a declaration under penalty of perjury saying they will not take any action to create or operate the fund, and that it will not proceed under any name. AP reported that the judge gave the parties a week to work out an agreement for that declaration. ([democracyforward.org](https://democracyforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/189115193387.pdf))

The fund was announced by the Justice Department on May 18 as part of the settlement resolving President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, the tax-return leak case. DOJ said the settlement would provide a formal apology, no monetary payment to Trump or his family, and a separate claims process tied to the Anti-Weaponization Fund. The department said the fund would receive $1.776 billion from the judgment fund. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund))

The legal fight followed quickly. The June 12 order left the administration with no way to launch the program while the block remains in place, and it pushed the dispute toward a narrower question: whether the government can give the court the assurances it has been ordered to provide before the case is decided on the merits. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/d8345ce8f5c7f8062b858e54c396c450))