Ryan Lucas
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246 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2024
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She noted that President Trump continues to publicly support the fund and that the government has refused to formally declare under oath that the fund is indeed dead.
Judge Brinkham had therefore issued a preliminary injunction blocking the fund, but she gave the Justice Department one week to provide a clear, unambiguous declaration under penalty of perjury, signed by the acting Attorney General and the U.S.
Treasury Secretary, that the fund will not move ahead.
If it does so, the judge said she will likely dismiss the lawsuit.
If the government does not do so, then the case will move forward.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Alexandria, Virginia.
The lawsuit was filed by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
The Justice Department says the case is moot because the department has said it is not moving forward with the anti-weaponization fund.
The watchdog group, however, says the fund has not been formally rescinded.
And so on paper, it still legally exists.
So it is asking the court to temporarily block the fund for now.
At a hearing in federal court, U.S.
District Judge Richard Leon denied that request.
The judge said the issue does appear to be moot because of the Justice Department's public declarations, but he also warned the government not to play possum with the court.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
The lawsuit was filed by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
The Justice Department says the case is moot because the department has said it is not moving forward with the anti-weaponization fund.
The watchdog group, however, says the fund has not been formally rescinded and so on paper it still legally exists.
So it is asking the court to temporarily block the fund for now.
At a hearing in federal court, U.S.
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