Ryan Lucas
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1,879 appearances
246 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2024
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Ryan Lucas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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in response to a lawsuit challenging the fund's creation.
The order barred the Justice Department from taking any action to create the fund, transfer money into it, consider claims, or make payments out of it.
The pause is necessary to give the court time to hear from both sides on the legal arguments.
Now, the Justice Department says in a statement that it strongly disagrees with the court order, but it says it will abide by it.
The Trump administration continues to face intense and even bipartisan blowback from lawmakers over the fund, including over the possibility that Capitol rioters who attacked police could receive payments from it.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
The so-called anti-weaponization fund has been on hold since a federal judge temporarily blocked it last week.
in response to a lawsuit challenging the fund's creation.
The order barred the Justice Department from taking any action to create the fund, transfer money into it, consider claims, or make payments out of it.
The pause is necessary to give the court time to hear from both sides on the legal arguments.
Now, the Justice Department says in a statement that it strongly disagrees with the court order, but it says it will abide by it.
The Trump administration continues to face intense and even bipartisan blowback from lawmakers over the fund, including over the possibility that Capitol rioters who attacked police could receive payments from it.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
In a two-page order, U.S.
District Judge Leonid Brinkema bars the Justice Department from taking any further action to create the so-called anti-weaponization fund, including transferring money to the fund, considering any claims, or making any payments out of it.
This temporary pause is necessary, the judge says, in order to give the court time for a full briefing from both sides on the legal arguments before any funds are irreversibly paid out.
The fund was created as part of a settlement agreement between the Justice Department and President Trump, who in return dropped his lawsuit against the IRS over his late tax returns.
The fund has faced intense backlash from Democrats.
as well as many Republicans.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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