A group of 35 former federal judges asked a court to reopen a legal dispute between President Trump and the government, calling the deal to create a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" potentially fraudulent.

Trump’s $1.8 billion fund has reignited scrutiny of Obama-era DOJ settlement practices and years-old Judgment Fund abuses.

Nearly three dozen former federal judges appointed by presidents from both parties have joined a growing legal effort to upend the Trump administration’s newly created $1.776…