Jan. 6 defendants were already seeking payments before the fund was created.

The Justice Department said it will abide by a federal court order pausing the fund, which also faced fierce Republican opposition in the Senate

The fund received massive bipartisan blowback.

The fund received massive bipartisan blowback, but the Trump family will still get out of having to pay any back taxes they owe.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department won't move forward with President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion \

Acting Attorney General Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund.” It’s a setback for Trump,…

The DOJ said it was abandoning plans for the fund, which critics feared would be used to give taxpayer money to Jan. 6 rioters, but plans to bar the I.R.S. from auditing Trump’s…

Jan. 6 defendants were already seeking payments before the fund was created.

Despite the DOJ saying it is scrapping plans to launch a $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," many Jan. 6 defendants are still eying payouts using other legal paths.

The Justice Department has a bottomless pot of money that can be used to settle legal claims made against the government.