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Two new lawsuits challenging the creation of the controversial $1.8 billion ’lawfare” fund by the Department of Justice were filed Friday in federal courts in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
The civil complaints come as several members of Congress have introduced legislation to block the fund, and as President Donald Trump and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche have defended it.
The two suits say the so-called Anti-Weaponization Fund, which was set up as part of a settlement of a $10 billion lawsuit by Trump against the Internal Revenue Service, violate the federal Administrative Procedure Act. One also alleges that it violates the U.S. Constitution, while the other says it violates the Freedom of Information Act.
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