Jan. 6 defendants were already seeking payments before the fund was created. WASHINGTON — Just because the Justice Department is “not moving forward” with its “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday, doesn’t mean Jan. 6 rioters won’t be getting payouts from the federal government. The idea of paying Capitol riot defendants long predates last month’s announcement that the Department of Justice was setting up a $1.8 billion slush fund largely for that