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Dozens of former judges call on court to probe Trump’s $1.776B anti-weaponization fund

Nypost · · 516 words · By Ryan King
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Dozens of former judges call on court to probe Trump’s $1.776B anti-weaponization fund See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — Dozens of former federal judges have demanded a court reopen President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS that his team settled last week in exchange for the creation of a $1.776 billion anti-weaponization compensation…

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A group of 35 former jurists filed a stunning motion for relief late Wednesday slamming the settlement of the $10 billion suit and raising concerns about “manipulation” by the Trump administration.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump’s former defense attorney, has claimed he will appoint five commissioners to oversee the fund”
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Multiple sources confirm Todd Blanche is Acting Attorney General and is overseeing the implementation and commission selection for the anti-weaponization fund.
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web search NEUTRAL — Todd Blanche vociferously defended the Justice Department’s newly established anti-weaponization fund as not limited to President Donald Trump’s allies in the acting attorney general’s first appearanc…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/takeaways-todd-blanche-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — As Acting AG, Blanche oversees the DOJ's implementation of the fund — including the rulemaking process, the administrator appointment, and ultimately the commission selection. He does not make individ…
https://www.lawfareclaims.org/briefing/todd-blanche-anti-wea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will appear before a Senate subcommittee this morning to defend the Trump administration’s budget proposal, which is a 13% increase from last year’s budget. The pl…
https://www.ms.now/liveblog/todd-blanche-house-senate-congre…
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Claim 2: “Trump, his sons, and his real estate empire are automatically barred from getting awards under the deal, according to Blanche”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny whether Trump and his family are barred from the fund.
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Claim 3: “Trump’s team settled last week in exchange for the creation of a $1.776 billion anti-weaponization compensation fund”
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Wikipedia and a news report ('Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund') confirm the settlement involved the creation of a $1.776 billion fund for victims of government weaponization.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a New York–based tax-exempt private foundation formed in 1988 by Donald Trump and dissolved by court order in 2018 after various legal violations came to light. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Trump_Foundation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 1973 and until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in United States federal and state courts, including battles with casino p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_and_business_legal_af…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — President Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury was a lawsuit brought against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by President Donald Trump in January …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Internal_Revenue_Serv…
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Claim 4: “A group of 35 former jurists filed a stunning motion for relief late Wednesday”
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Three independent sources (Thomson Reuters, Tax Notes, and a news report from May 27, 2026) specifically mention that 35 former federal judges filed the motion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs; April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model serving as the first lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frederick Christ Trump (middle name pronounced KRIHST; October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump
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Claim 5: “The motion was filed with Miami federal Judge Kathleen Williams”
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Multiple sources confirm the motion was filed with Judge Kathleen Williams in the Southern District of Florida/Miami.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South Florida Detention Facility, nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz, is an immigration detention facility located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport inside Big Cypress National Preserve in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kathleen Mary Williams (born 1956) is United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She previously served as the Federal Public Defender for th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_M._Williams
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Miami School of Law, the law school of the University of Miami, located in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Claim 6: “Norm Eisen worked as co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee on Trump’s first impeachment in 2020”
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Claim 7: “The 35 judges were backed by Democracy Defenders, a self-described nonpartisan group co-founded by Norm Eisen”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding 'Democracy Defenders' or Norm Eisen's involvement in this specific motion.
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Claim 8: “Dozens of former federal judges have demanded a court reopen President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS”
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Multiple independent sources (Thomson Reuters, Tax Notes, and Wikipedia) confirm that a group of 35 former federal judges filed a motion to reopen Donald Trump's lawsuit against the IRS.
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web search NEUTRAL — A group of 35 former federal judges filed a motion asking the Judge Williams ... "Judge Questions Jurisdiction in Trump's Lawsuit Against IRS".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Internal_Revenue_Serv…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · A group of 35 former federal judges has filed a motion in federal court seeking to reopen President Donald Trump's dismissed $10 billion lawsuit ...
https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/news/former-judges-want-trump…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · The judges asked U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to reopen the case so the court can inquire into whether the president fraudulently ...
https://www.courthousenews.com/former-judges-accuse-trump-of…
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Claim 9: “Trump had sued the IRS in January, accusing the powerful tax agency of failing to protect his personal information”
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Multiple web search results confirm Trump sued the IRS in January alleging the agency failed to protect his personal tax information from being leaked.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, President of the United States, controversially refused to release his tax returns after being elected president the first time in 2016, although he promised to do so during his campaign…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_returns_of_Donald_Trump
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Claim 10: “Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn was sentenced to five years behind bars in January 2024 for leaking Trump’s tax returns and data on other billionaires to the New York Times and ProPublica”
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Wikipedia and multiple news reports confirm Charles Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison in January 2024 for leaking Trump's tax returns to the NYT and ProPublica.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Edward Littlejohn (born 1985) is a former American Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor who leaked tax records from Donald Trump and other wealthy individuals in what has been called the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Littlejohn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, President of the United States, controversially refused to release his tax returns after being elected president the first time in 2016, although he promised to do so during his campaign…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — President Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury was a lawsuit brought against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by President Donald Trump in January …
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Claim 11: “On May 18, the DOJ announced a settlement in which victims of alleged government weaponization could apply for relief from a $1.776 billion fund”
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While the existence of the fund is corroborated in other claims, the specific date of May 18 for the DOJ announcement is not independently corroborated by the provided evidence snippets (which mention May 19 or general May dates).
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of DEPARTMENT is a functional or territorial division. How to use department in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Encuentre información que incluya dirección, horario de atención y qué llevar cuando se le indique que visite un Centro de Servicio al Solicitante.
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