Drooid Logo
Back to today’s briefing

Story perspectives

DOJ Misses Filing, Judge Keeps $1.8 B Fund Blocked

6/20/2026

26 2 Full Breakdown

1 of 1

Story summary
  • The Justice Department’s failure to file the sworn declaration keeps Judge Leonie Brinkema’s injunction blocking the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
  • The department called the judge’s request unnecessary and a separation-of-powers issue.
  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress the fund is not proceeding.
  • Judge Brinkema warned that the plaintiffs’ lawsuit will proceed if the declaration remains unfiled.