People have been asking for my thoughts on the DOJ’s newly announced Anti-Weaponization Fund. I represented January 6 defendants. I watched what happened to them up close, for years. Here is my honest assessment.
On May 18, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the creation of a $1.776 billion“Anti-Weaponization Fund”as part of a settlement resolving President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. The $1.776 billion will be placed into a dedicated account overseen by a five-member commission and answer to the Attorney General.The fund closes on December 1, 2028, at which point any unspent money reverts to the government.
The DOJ has not yet announced when applications will open, what the eligibility criteria are, or how claims will be evaluated.
I believe President Trump is sincere in wanting to address weaponization. But President Trump said in a press conference that he did not have anything to do with the creation of the fund. Based on what we’ve learned and observed about this administration there are reasons many victims are skeptical.
This is not the first time the administration promised to address weaponization. In January 2025, President Trump signedExecutive Order 14147, establishing a Weaponization Working Group within the DOJ under then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a formal memo on the group on February 5, 2025. That was more than a year ago.
The working group has produced no public reports. No January 6 defendants have been officially interviewed. No victims of general weaponization have been interviewed.
A separate executive order, 14202, did produce a report on religious liberty and Christian bias.That report ran approximately 500 pagesof facts and documents largely drawn from information that was already in the public domain because of the victims, activists, and investigative journalists, with no help from the federal government. There was no identification of specific wrongdoers. There was no discipline. The recommendations were vague and general.
This is what the DOJ under Todd Blanche has accomplished – or failed to accomplish – over the last year and a half. It makes many skeptical of this latest initiative.
Weaponization Is Ongoing Inside DOJ Right Now
Weaponization is not a historical problem. It’s still going on.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
