According to the Reuters news agency, the White House faced strong opposition to the fund from Republican congressmen
The government of the President of the United States, (Republican Party), suspended the use of the $1.8 billion fund for Capitol invaders (or “victims of instrumentalization” from the government, as they are called by the current administration). According to the news agency Reutersthe White House faced strong opposition to the fund from Republican congressmen.
To reporters, the leader of the government in the Senate, (Republican Party), said that “made clear his opinions on the matter” for the Trump administration.
The dissatisfaction is, in part, due to the stalling of a US$72 billion budget package for ICE (United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in Portuguese) and the Border Patrol. Republican senators refused to vote on the funding without a clear plan for how to handle the fund from the Trump administration.
Thune says progress on the agency package will continue “if the government effectively ends the program, and makes that very, very clear.”
On Friday (June 29, 2026), the Federal Court of the States of Virginia and Florida ordered the temporary suspension of the fund until June 12, and requested an in-depth review.
ABOUT THE BACKGROUND
The US government states that the purpose of Anti-Weaponization Fund would be to compensate people who consider themselves victims of the justice system. Allies of the republican and are among the possible beneficiaries.
According to journalists C. Ryan Barber, Richard Rubin and Sadie Gurman, from The Wall Street Journal, the money will come from the Judgment Fund
The measure is already the target of a lawsuit filed by police officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, who worked in defense of the US Congress that day.
The fund would be administered by a committee of 5 members appointed by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer. The president would have the power to fire the commissioners. The body could grant formal apologies and payments to people who claim to have suffered lawfareor “instrumentalization” of the Justice system.
According to the journalist yes decisions on payments could not be challenged in court. The agreement also did not require public disclosure of the beneficiaries or the amounts transferred. The commission would end analyzing applications in December 2028, at the end of Trump’s term.
The Republican has said for years that Joe Biden’s government persecuted its allies. In March 2025, he stated that members of the government were discussing compensating those accused and convicted of the invasion of the Capitol because “like” of this group. He also called these people “patriots” and said they were treated in a way “very unfair”according to the Dunn and Hodges lawsuit.
