DOJ rebuffs judge's request to put in writing it won't move forward with 'anti-weaponization' fund

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The Department of Justice rebuffed a federal judge's request to attest in writing it that won't move forward with its " anti-weaponization fund ," arguing in a filing Friday that it would be "unnecessary" and that the request raises "serious separation of powers concerns." Judge Leonie Brinkema last week extended her block of the $1.8 billion fund, which was planned to compensate purported victims of prosecutorial overreach during the Biden administration. She argued verbal claims by DOJ